Addiction Poem about Family

This is dedicated to the way my mom was when I was raised. And some of the stuff I deal with today.

My Last Pain

© Monica Joyce
Another spill down the drain,
one more pill to drown my pain.
Is it a cover up or a disguise
I don't think I'll ever stop and realize.

More hurt and dissatisfying tears.
One more bad picture, then I face my fears.
I'll always be scared deep down inside
But yet I still continue to deny.

I feel there is no one to turn to in my time of need.
So I light up a big one, and smoke some weed.
To me, my life is just one big joke.
A life of heroine, alcohol, not to mention coke.

These are substitutes to make me fly.
I feel I have nothing to worry about when I am high.
Some of the drugs hit so fast
Then I say to myself, "this will be the last".

But more pain and anger builds up in my heart.
I know what I need to numb my parts.
Suddenly I feel that high again.
I don't care who I hurt or the sin within.

I start thinking I just want to die.
There is no one who cares or questions why?
I decide to take that last shot once more.
Then I am gone, there is nothing to live for.

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Published: Jun 2007

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  • What a very sad poem. My son is 20 yrs old-not in prison, but in county jail until his court date which is April 25. He only has a $1000/$100 PR bond he can get out w/$100. Am I wrong to feel he should stay there from now until then? Is he really safer there? I know if he comes out, he will still use. He is addicted to heroin and smoking crack. Cheap highs, I guess, these days. The epidemic in Michigan is heroin lately, more so than marijuana. He has been to 3 rehabs. Self-medicated himself since 2004 when I was diagnosed with cancer, which is now in my bones. It's progressing and I am always a nervous wreck. Wondering if he will be coming home every night alive.

    Susan Woolum Submitted Mar 2011
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  • I am twenty one years old and have been using drugs since I was thirteen. I have ruined my life almost completely. People wonder how when god I'm only 21? In my eight year run I have managed to go to jail 4 times. My latest for Trafficking in Oxycodone. Both my Mom and Dad are very sick with all kinds of problems.. from tumors to liver disease to diabetes to a torn rotator cuff! Do you think I care at all that they need their medications? Of course I do But nowhere near enough not to steal from them and leave them with none! They still love me and support me in anything I try to do But I always end up with a big fat INCOMPLETE! I can't stand the way this makes me feel, every single day of my life I have to find at least twenty pills just to feel normal. I always try and quit or go to rehab but then I end up checking myself out! My last pain will be the day I lose them and I couldn't give them their dying wish... to see their little girl Sober again.

    Shana,Florida Submitted Mar 2012
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  • I am 50 years old and I made 10 years clean this past May. My addict behavior started with my first drag of a cigarette, I was only 10 years old. That behavior led me to alcohol and drugs. I though that was the way life was written for me, to suffer and die. Till I started truly praying to god and gave me the strength and wisdom to seek help. There's not enough room on this page to tell my whole story but thank God there's hope for all of us.

    Albert Rodriguez, Brooklyn NY Submitted 9/17/2012
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