Addicted To Heroin Poem

This poem is about my addiction problem with heroin. It states the steps of my addiction. Gladly I can say as of January 5, 2008, I will be a year clean. Thanks to my family, my two boys, my fiancé, and SPHS Behavioral Health Treatment that I am still attending. I got a great support group, and I take it day to day. Each and every day I get stronger with my recovery. THANKS

Dear Heroin

Dear Heroin

I am angry...

You made me believe you were the cure for my every kind of pain.

I had you wrapped around me while I let you take control of my veins.

At this point in time I didn't know who or what you turned me into,

But you made it impossible to get through days without you.

You had control of my body now, and if I didn't choose you,

you made me feel so sick to where I was helpless, not knowing what to do.

By now I started doing the things I swore I would never do,

lying and stealing off the people who didn't mean a thing to you.

You had me convinced that throughout my life you were determined to stay,

that I did not have that option of turning and walking away.

Before you know it, everyone I loved saw this side of me that was hurting them inside.

Every time they questioned, I did what you taught me to do...lie.

I wanted to let you go and get you out of my way,

so scared to tell someone, imagining what they would say.

Don't want to be judged, it was a decision I would have to make,

but I've wasted so much time; it was a little too late.

Being put in jail was something I knew it was going to come down to,

but it made me free of relief knowing that I could not get to you.

It was a struggle, but a worthwhile fight

because now I am in control and you are out of my life.

Being sober turned me into the person I've always wanted to be,

and that was the one day you were praying I would never see.

Now I am doing the good things I never imagined myself to do,

and proudly I can say I am doing them without you.