Hi,

Addiction of any variety is awful and it takes so many precious lives. I hope anyone reading this work will find strength to either find the help for themselves or courage to help another.

btw - is 'bye' a typo?

Take care,

Michael

Amazing but I Cant comment here xxxxxx

This was such an honest poem and..I so wish I had seen it earlier to nominate but..thankfully someone else did. What can I say, yes, to a lesser extend I have worried as a mother when my children dabbled in speed etc.. I watched the mood swings it cause as they came down from a weekend that they could not even remember..I should be thankful that they did not progress to harder drugs and alcohol I suppose...but...at the time, it still broke my heart to dealt with it....as I said...such an honest write and...for sure...so worthy of the front page this week...

her hanging from a weighted down whisky bottle...

^^^

I think it should be* weighed* down???

Andrea, wow! This must have been incredibly hard to write. Addiction destroys the entire family, like a rock in a pond, it just ripples out attaching itself to whoever the waves hit. My second marriage was destroyed by addiction. I'm sending hope and hugs that one day your daughter gets the help she needs and gets sober. I know the hell you live in.

Ohhhhh..

My heart. Words don't even express..