Recovery
See I am in Recovery, not just from addiction but from life.
See Trauma use to be my friend and I played victim to my circumstances,
I blamed everyone else for my problems except for me.
See I use to feel like the world owed me something for what
happened to me
Not only was I molested a few times by people I cared about,
I was raped by people who
Pretended to like me. Some ways it was rape like my body was
violated in a major way, In the guys mind,
He thought I wanted to play the game. But also raped of my
identity, I didn’t see forest before the trees, I didn’t see that I was special
and worth so much more than how I was being treated. I was raped of the love
that I was given taking advantage in every way possible.
I am in recovery from the addiction of a bad habit to this
world of lies, deception, and cruelty. This world will chew you up and spit you
out like a piece of gum. But when your young you act dumb.
See, I was raised in a wonderful household despite some of
the issues. My grandmother provided, love, pain, and showed me how to be independent.
I learned about the world in a different way, I learned that everyone isnt your
friend. You don’t need to be noticed to get attention.
See I am in recovery because depression was my best friend
to sit and feel like it’s the end. Contemplating on how and when I will take my
life, since I feel like its only right. But that’s the sucker way out. There is
more in this world than to sacrifice foolishness for pleasure. I am slowly getting
it together.
See I am in recovery because alcohol use to make me brave
and all the things, I didn’t say sober came out in a slur when I hit the liquor.
Alcohol made me feel unstoppable, it made me feel numb to my harsh reality. I
had to use alcohol to take away the anxiety and the things in my mind that didn’t
make sense. But what it was doing was making me sick. Not only physically but
mentally. I am worth something, that drunken one-night stand isn’t worth
nothing. The problem I am trying to block out is still returning
See I am in recovery from always feeling like I must be around
people when its people who didn’t want to be around me. They only wanted to
hear the sadness and insecurity. I let someone treat me how they thought I was supposed
to be treated instead of the Queen that I really am. I am strong, I am brave, I
am a child of God what more can I say.
See I am in recovery to be the woman I am meant to be, but
not just for my children, but for me.
I am not who you think I am. I am more than the negativity, I wish I never gave
away the good part of me for free. I wish I never let the wrong person in my
life, O wait a minute this is how you earn your stripes! This is how you get to
know the truth in the harsh world so I take these life lessons and put them to
use so I that I know what to look for the next time something thinks that can
pull those kinds of moves.
See I am in recovery to be a Christian woman to share the
word of the lord. He has kept me this long so I can minister to the world. If
you can take the time to speak of negative things, then you can take the time
to speak of God and his Gospel that’s why I am building my temple so I can be
ready for any and everything I am brave. I can breathe again; my father has let
me be who he sees fit for me to be. Lord I thank you for giving me the key. The
choice to see right from wrong. Now I can go on knowing I have you to watch over
me. Thank you, grandma, for showing me Jesus. I am in recovering and it will
not end here, Life is unfair, and I have done my fair share. I have hurt and
lost but now its time to get all I can and be who I need to for them.