Addiction Pt 2 Poem by Freda Copeland

I never thought I'd get over it,
I never thought I'd make it through.
I never thought I'd be free of the reins it held on me.
The distress I felt, the utter despair,
I knew would be with me for a life time.

Each day had become a struggle
To try hard and not think about it.
Everything in the air, watching other people
Just turning on the tv, brought back those painful yearnings.
Getting out of bed was the hardest struggle,
A power fight in the face of reality.
It had become everything to me.
My whole world was wrapped up and enveloped in it.
I could have held on forever, but I knew I had to let go.

The door to rehab is now open and I have been released.
This is a new day and there is something better,
More powerful for me out there, than that was.
Holding on to my addiction didn't give me the chance
To flourish and thrive, to grow and blossom,
To give freely of all that I have.
I now know that passion and love can be mine once again