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from the brink.

What Comes Back After Addiction?

By Paul StewartPublished about 2 hours ago 1 min read
from the brink.
Photo by Alexey Demidov on Unsplash

George Eliot: "It is never too late to be what you might have been." — Suburban Tourist

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The time spent — nay wasted — won't come back

Neither the energy — the life that was s w allowed up.

Can anything really come back after addiction?

Can it?

Dignity.

After being trampled and sullied

can be gained.

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Self-esteem

can be mended

after peeling the flattened epidermis and reapplying it.

Shame, Shame (go away) may come back

at three a.m.

Tuesdays

mid-autumn afternoons.

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I've seen the needle, the damage done, and it was in everyone.

I've seen the flesh, torrid and exploited—a little in everyone.

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Vices all different, but disease the same.

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Addiction is de ceptive, in sidious,

patient.

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Re covery is finite.

It

Can

Come

Back.

.

Re lapse

.

Re flex

.

Re dux

.

But

Bu t

B u t

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A sense of be longing

A re newed sense of self

comes back

from the brink

of every misstep and plunge.

-

When you step back

from the edge.

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Thanks for reading!

artheartbreakinspirationalMental Healthperformance poetrysad poetrysocial commentaryFree Verse

About the Creator

Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

The Accidental Poet - Poetry Collection out now!

Streams and Scratches in My Mind coming soon!

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  • Sean A.25 minutes ago

    Well done, and uplifting in its way

  • Vividly portrayed & so true! Each & every one of us has struggles. I love the quote: "It is never too late to be what you might have been." ✅

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