A Letter From Your Disease

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Hello fellow addicts I am your disease,
I will never let you sleep or put your mind at ease,

I will always be here no matter where you go,
I am smarter than you and I am in control,

Family, friends, and loved ones they won’t matter anymore,
I’ll take everything you got and still want something more

I was there for you in the good times but mostly in the bad,
I’ve made you feel so happy but in the end you was always sad

You will lie to everyone and say that I ain’t real,
but if that’s the case why can’t you put down that pill

I come in many forms, and shapes, and size
Then following comes denial, deceit, and lies

I will turn you from everyone that tries to take you from me
Together we will spend all eternity

I’ll embrace you in my arms and I’ll never set you free,
Spend our life together won’t that make you happy,

Don’t let those people tell you what I am all about,
Cause then you’ll find a way; a way to kick me out

Well here I go now I’ll just be on my way
but not for to much longer cause I still have much to say

So when you think I’m gone and you can finally be at ease,
Just remember this I will always be your disease.

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This is amazing. Spot on

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Thank you @SarahJ

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You have some serious talent!

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@dot.dot.dot thank u for making your feeling known but that was when I thought it could not. And I thought I could be who I wanted to be here and not have to wear a mask.

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@anon46927530 thank u

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Expressed so beautifully! I can really relate. :sparkling_heart:

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Thank you @Zara

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That’s powerful stuff and really hits home

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Did you write this yourself ?! That’s brilliant

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@adeygaga49 yes I did I have been write a long time but I just pick it back up

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Keep at it. I use to write lots about 20 years ago… maybe one day I’ll start again too x

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Wow, thats really good!!

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That’s awesome! You’re talented for sure. :grinning:

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Well put. Thanks for sharing.
BTW - not all diseases can be cured e.g. diabetes, cystic fibrosis, MS, MD, alcoholism, etc.

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@DrunkNoMore I agree with u but people think different

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Really? People think differently? Wow, who knew? (of course I am being sarcastic).

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Likewise. The last three stanzas especially gave me the shivers, a voice I now make sure never to forget.

Great stuff, @Ellen1. :heart:

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In a way, and I catch this undertone in @Ellen1’s raw and compelling poem, the disease is lashing out like a hurt child. It wants to be recognized and valued but it’s so vicious that it attacks. I came to believe, pretty early on, that I had to do something about my alcoholism every day because if I did not, it would do something about me. So I honor my alcoholism and cherish my new life after booze burned away my old one.

Everything looked the same on the outside, same house, family, job even, after I got sober. But my thoughts and feelings and attitude were all new. And that came from surrendering, not to the disease, but to sobriety. I stopped fighting. And got busy living, as Red Redding said.

I never forget where I came from and what the monster is like when it is awake and raging. By blessing it with peace each day, I find I am free and the monster is calmed.

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Hi disease, I won’t let you do all that. Just so you know. I know you still there in me somewere. But your voice is weak and I like it that way. I’m not going to feed it anymore.

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