So quiet here...
@imnobodyspecial (318)
United States
February 7, 2011 9:40pm CST
It's rather sad to me to see these pages with so few posts and so long since the last ones...especially since addiction is rampant around the world and it affects us all whether we are the addicted one, a family member or just a neighbor who has no idea what it's all about.
Someone posted about his trials with prescription 'speed' another his agony with heroin and so few replied so few noticed the depth of exposure these people subjected themselves to in the hope that their stories would help someone avoid the same traps and pain they experienced.
I am posting this to say, I am here. I am not an addict yet I have experience with addicts, I am not a family member, yet I have experience with family members. I've been helping addicts and their families find some small understanding between them for over 10 years. I've learned from the best and the worst what addiction is and from the best and worst of what those who love the addicted live, feel and cry over.
I've learned from my teachers and now it's time to me to share the things I have learned.
I am here, to listen, to speak to share. I await your pleasure.
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
17 Apr 11
Addiction does go widely unnoticed and it is sad..addiction is a sickness that has been experienced by better people than I am. The thing about addiction is that it can be put in so many categorys...it depends on the person. Much like emotions..addictions capture people.
@imnobodyspecial (318)
• United States
17 Apr 11
I have a friend who struggles with her recovery...while at times her words are confusing, they are always from her soul...she says something that makes so much sense it cancels all the confusion she presents to others.
She claims there are two of her, one is good the other is the addict, they share one body, each fighting for what they want and the control to do it...she claims when the addict is in ascendency that the good one is tied to a chair, gagged and bound struggling to be free, this part of her can only break free when the addict has gone so far it can no longer maintain those bonds.
She also claims that when the good part of her is in ascendency that the addict is placed in a cell, double locked, the bars so close together that the possibility of escape is nearly none, yet at times the addict still manages to find it's way free.
Addiction is a prison, those who are in it, never realized they were volunteering, never believed that the doors would lock, and to break free would be so hard or take so long, and that staying free would be a chore every day of their lives.
When speaking with those who love the addicted, and those who are in recovery and seeking to aid others to find it, I often tell them that it is impossible to make anyone want to be free, we can only show them freedom and hope that a thirst for it is created.
