Drugs are a constant battle for many in the world, sobriety is a bigger fight for most, but anyone can overcome the hardships with support and love from those close to, and even those who are mere strangers...
I have witnessed people at bus stops nodding off, looking very sick, and flipping around like a fish out of water. Moments like those have left a permanent image, and fear within me that I can't seem to remove.
Whether it be in an urban community or the suburbs, lives are taken from a needle to the arm, powder of some sort inserted through nostrils, or drinking themselves to a temporary coma. Drugs DO NOT DISCRIMINATE, and welcomes everyone, with all types of currency.
It is an epidemic that must be handled immediately, but will ever be controlled when the government seems to profit also ?
This beautiful poem was written by eswaller, and was published today.
When You Self Medicate
You are wrong to think that you can self medicate
With it all… sex, pills, drugs, self-harm, or alcohol.
You are not on the right path to see things straight.
In the middle of the night I will not answer your call
When you are suffering from withdrawal because
You no longer have what you need to get high and
Strung out. You only needed me when the buzz
Wore off, making you feel empty. I understand
Where you were coming from, but not where
You were going because you try to hide yourself
Behind it all so well, always masking your bare
Emotions. Your hands, browsing the bookshelf,
But never being curious enough to open a book
And discover the world’s wonders. You would
Rather believe your own twisted lies and hook
People with your version of the “misunderstood”
Truth. Your words are doing nothing to match
Your actions, walking away without a scratch.