Another life lost.............................
So today I spoke to my childhood best friend. We haven't had the chance to see each other over the past couple of years but we still keep in touch on Facebook.
Today I got a message that her brother had passed away.
Colin struggled with addictions for years. He's been in and out of rehab more times then I can count and two years ago his wife passed away, struggles from addictions.
Colin leaves behind two twin daughters who are now without both of their parents.
When we were teens her parents use to the "The Cool Parents" letting us drink underage in the house and I will never forget the first time I saw the older boys pull out cocaine.
My little sister was sitting at a table playing drinking games with the big boys. Then I come around the corner to a mountain of cocaine on the table and offering my sister a hit. I punched the one guy in the face, blew away his pile and said she is only 15 years old for christ sakes! Give your head a shake!
Years later two of the boys sitting at that table would end up in rehab. One of them so bad that he now suffers from constant seizures and the other is now dead.
The other week I talked about a Hair Stylist who can't open her eyes to her addiction problems, her own mother is turning a blind eye blaming all of us that WE have the problem not her daughter.
I will not lie, I have dabbled into drugs with working in the music industry but I have never in my life stayed up all hours doing cocaine, let alone for days like some of my friends.
Two friends went to rehab the other week and I had NO idea they were that bad. They said H listen.. you know when we would bump a rail at the bar? "YES" well it was never just that rail, we would get more and more and more and go for days.
I never struggled with addictions so I dont know that feeling of I NEED IT NOW. Even when I was a smoker never once did I get that itch.. I need to smoke.
Sad to say this Friday I will be attending another funeral. I hope all the faces sitting there open their eyes, know that addictions are nothing to look over and help those who really need it.
I cry tears of sorrow as I write this and know that I can't help those who choose not to be helped.
So today I spoke to my childhood best friend. We haven't had the chance to see each other over the past couple of years but we still keep in touch on Facebook.
Today I got a message that her brother had passed away.
Colin struggled with addictions for years. He's been in and out of rehab more times then I can count and two years ago his wife passed away, struggles from addictions.
Colin leaves behind two twin daughters who are now without both of their parents.
When we were teens her parents use to the "The Cool Parents" letting us drink underage in the house and I will never forget the first time I saw the older boys pull out cocaine.
My little sister was sitting at a table playing drinking games with the big boys. Then I come around the corner to a mountain of cocaine on the table and offering my sister a hit. I punched the one guy in the face, blew away his pile and said she is only 15 years old for christ sakes! Give your head a shake!
Years later two of the boys sitting at that table would end up in rehab. One of them so bad that he now suffers from constant seizures and the other is now dead.
The other week I talked about a Hair Stylist who can't open her eyes to her addiction problems, her own mother is turning a blind eye blaming all of us that WE have the problem not her daughter.
I will not lie, I have dabbled into drugs with working in the music industry but I have never in my life stayed up all hours doing cocaine, let alone for days like some of my friends.
Two friends went to rehab the other week and I had NO idea they were that bad. They said H listen.. you know when we would bump a rail at the bar? "YES" well it was never just that rail, we would get more and more and more and go for days.
I never struggled with addictions so I dont know that feeling of I NEED IT NOW. Even when I was a smoker never once did I get that itch.. I need to smoke.
Sad to say this Friday I will be attending another funeral. I hope all the faces sitting there open their eyes, know that addictions are nothing to look over and help those who really need it.
I cry tears of sorrow as I write this and know that I can't help those who choose not to be helped.
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littlejohn22:
it is so hard to lose those from around you.... strength being sent
hanke:
i send you all my love girl! and a lot of hugs!