04/20/2022
DEAR ADDICT HATERS
I am an addict I am one of the "drunks", the "m**h head” or “pill ju**ie” you love to bash whenever someone mentions addiction on social media or hear it in conversation.
I know it’s hard to forgive the things we sometimes do because of our addiction, but I have a question for you; What is the worst thing you have ever done?
Obviously, I won’t get an answer to this question, but think about it. The thing that you hate that you did. You know, that one thing that not too many people even know about.
Well, WHAT IF everyone knew about it?
What if for the rest of your life you were labeled by that one act that you would erase in a second if you had the chance?
That is what being an addict is like, in a sense.
Now, I don’t feel like being an addict is the worst thing a person can be or do. You, however, might feel like it’s THE terrible thing.
Don’t get me wrong: If I could erase it from my life, I would. In an instant, it would be gone, but I don’t have that option. I can’t even do what you do and pretend that this thing I did didn’t happen.
In order for me to ensure it never happens again, I have to work hard DAILY on making sure it doesn’t. If I don’t, my disease will tell me I can dull the pain, block out the hurt, suffocate the remorse and not fall back into full-blown addiction, but I will.
Do you work hard DAILY to make sure your worst thing never happens again? Let me guess... you are thinking, Addiction is not a disease. It’s a choice. Right?
Yes, it starts with a choice.
The same choice you made when you were young and hanging out with friends. You drank the same beer I drank. The same pot I smoked. You even tried the same line of white stuff someone put in front of you at a party. You were able to walk away and not take it to the extreme. Maybe you didn't have the pain, trauma, sorrow to numb as me.
Since I have the disease, made that stupid choice, I will spend the rest of my life either struggling to stay high or fighting to stay clean.
You don’t see children pretending that their dolls and stuffed animals are dope sick. It's not cops and ju**ies kids play.
When is the last time you talked to a little girl who told you she couldn’t wait to grow up so she could turn tricks to feed the insatiable hunger of her drug addiction?
My best friend didn’t blow out the candles as a child wishing for a substance abuse disorder because she couldn't wait for the day her kids would go to foster care, her family would shun her, she would be hopeless on the cold ground with no where to go and not a soul that gave a damn.
Nobody Wants to have substance abuse disorder.
Some of us still do.
You made those same choices, too.
You just got lucky that it was me and not you.
I pray that you don’t have to reevaluate these opinions because you find out your child or parent is an addict. If you do, just know that I will accept you. I will help your loved one. Do you know why I would do that? Because we are good people who just want the chance to live like everyone else.
So please, before you write another post bashing people who are suffering; before you lean over to whisper about the ju**ie who walked by you.... Not only are you hurting the people who have the disease, you could be hurting everyone that loves them. You are pushing them back toward that addiction that numbs the pain caused by your judgement.
You have people on your friends list or people that may overhear you at work who have children who are suffering right this moment from addiction. What did they do to deserve the awful things you put out into the universe that do nothing but perpetuate hate and judgment? What right do you have to judge?
Addiction is a disease.
You have a right to your opinion. But no matter what, hurting people is wrong.
If your struggling please reach out, there is a better way of life waiting for you! 🙏❤️💯
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