Awful Addictions
By
Bill Cottringer
Drink, pills, bets or sex,
Plenty of tempting poisons,
All for mind, body and soul;
Easy to start,
Hard to stop;
False glimpses of heaven,
Real shortcuts to hell,
With gutters and commodes.
Why start a path to nowhere?
Too many reasons—
No needed love,
No self-acceptance,
Simple laziness,
Wrong gene pool,
Bad biochemistry,
Missing something,
Too much pain,
Not enough pleasure,
Or no reason,
At least to understand,
Or know in reality.
The hardest part?
Not starting
The stopping.
Then comes the impossible:
Not quitting the quitting,
To be the true person,
You were born to be,
And not the untrue one,
You’ve sadly become.
That’s when you need
The reason and the support—
From God, friends and love,
With patience and will power,
To take that first step,
From mind to heart to foot;
Not expecting to feel good,
By magic or all at once,
Dealing with reality,
As it really is,
Despite continuing illusions,
As the first step begins.
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