If only society knew how difficult it is to pull yourself out of addiction and into the real world.
I believe that addicts are unappreciated for their strength in active addiction or in recovery. Neither one of them is easy or pretty.
There’s been so many times where I’ve sat and did a lot of thinking on when I was in my active addiction and it was painful even though I was using heroin to cover up my pain, or whatever I could put into my veins. But nobody who is “okay” is going to sit for hours at a time trying to find a vein with blood everywhere. Screaming, crying, getting mad and anxious because I had to get my shot before the rig became clogged. None of that was fun.
I was the one who picked myself up from the jail cell, from a dirty motel bathroom, and from a rehab floor to put myself back together and remind myself that I am strong and I can do this.
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
