Give it up

Turn around and walk away
You don’t want to live this way

It may seem like it takes you off the ground
But look at your life and all you have around

The bottle
The cigarette
The pill
The fix

No matter what you do
No matter where you go
It will hold you hostage
It is nothing but garbage

But my past
But my stress
But I have the cash
But I become the best

Don’t fall to these illusions
You make these decisions
They are only abusive
They become more intrusive

Just one drink
Just one cigarette
Just one pill
Just this one time

Before you know it
You’re going through it
You’ll say you just feel off
But it’s called withdrawal

Next thing you know
Your going places you’d never go
All because of just one time
Feeling like you might just commit crime

Anything for another
Drink
Cigarette
Pill
Fix
You’ve begun going under

Take a look in the mirror
Stare until it gets clearer
Understand what you’ve done
Accept what you’ve become

Addicted

Your family left a while ago
Your work can’t stand the smoke
You lost your car to repo
You can’t breath and begin to choke

You ended up living on the street
Homeless with nothing to eat
All because you wanted another drink
You should have just poured it down the sink

Walking into work from your car is tough
Winded and gasping air has you feeling rough
You light another and inhale deep
The pain in your lungs has started to increase

Paranoid in every room you walk inside
Feeling every eye stare at you from the side
Your heart races faster and skin gets colder
The sweats kick in while you try to act normal

In a dark alley that you don’t know
Meeting someone for the first go
Suddenly your face down on the ground
Hand cuffed for trying to buy drugs in town

Your entire life changed
All because you wanted a change
Something to help you with the stress
Never realizing you would give up the rest

Addiction is a disease
But it starts as a decision
You’ll wish you didn’t do it
Truth is that most don’t make it through it

I’ve been in the bottle
I’ve inhaled that smoke
I’ve swallowed those pills
I’ve gone to find that fix

Most just get by
Others try to survive
Some lost their lives
But I made it out alive

If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, please seek out assistance. There is no shame in asking for help. Peace, love and sobriety to you all.