Poetic Addiction

This profound piece was written by a 17-year-old AHHAH student. She shared it in hopes that other teens will be able to learn from her experience and avoid making similar errors in judgment.

I struggle everyday with this thing called addiction,

I don’t think it will ever go away,

But that’s just a prediction.

I stopped playing sports, and stopped going to school,

I just let myself go,

And I thought it was cool.

In came the drugs,

Out went my life,

It’s really hard to believe I threw it all away over one night.

One time, that’s all it took,

I picked up that bag of dope,

Never in a million years did I think I would be hooked.

From pain killers, to cocaine, and heroin too.

It ruined my life,

And it will do the same to you.

Addiction is a disease,

There is no such cure.

I will be battling this my whole life,

But it will get easier, I’m sure.

Nobody understands how serious this really is,

That it’s killing thousands every day,

And many of them are only kids.

I want people to see what drugs did to my life,

I lost all my friends,

Because they knew it wasn’t right.

Just remember,

One time is all it took for me to throw my life away.

I pray to God and regret my decisions every single day.