Hey readers-
This is something I got in an email awhile back from a close family member, and I had completely forgotten about it until I was going through cleaning out my inbox tonight. I find it to be frighteningly true, so here it is...the Letter From Addiction-
Dear Friend,
I have come to visit once again. I love to see you suffer mentally, physically, spiritually, and socially. I want to make you restless so you cannot relax. I want to make you jumpy and nervous and anxious. I want to make you agitated and irritable so everything and everybody makes you feel uncomfortable. I want you to be so confused and depressed that you can't think clearly or positively. I want to make you hate everything and everybody, especially yourself. I want you to feel guilty and remorseful for the things you have done in the past and you'll never be able to let go of. I want to make you angry and hateful toward the world for the way it is and the way you are. I want you to feel sorry for yourself and blame everything, but me, for the way things are. I want you to be deceitful and untrustworthy, and to con and manipulate as many people as possible. I want to make you fearful and paranoid for no reason at all. I want to make you wake all hours of the night screaming for me. I'm even in your dreams. I want to be the first thing you think about every morning and the last thing you think about before you blackout.
I'd rather kill you but I'd be happy enough to put you back in the hospital, another institution, or jail. But you know I'll be here waiting on you when you get out. I love to watch you go slowly insane. I love to see all the physical damage that I am causing you. I can't help but to sneer and chuckle when you shiver and shake, when you freeze and sweat at the same time, when you wake up with your sheets and blankets soaking wet.
It's amazing to watch you ignore yourself, not eating, not sleeping, not attending your personal hygiene. Yes, it's amazing how much destruction I can be to your internal organs while at the same time working on your brain, destroying it bit by bit.
I deeply appreciate how much you are sacrificing for me. The countless jobs you have given up for me, all the friends, whom you deeply cared for, you gave up for me. And what's more the ones you turned against because of your inexcusable actions. I am eternally grateful, especially for the loved ones, family, and most important people in your world that you have turned yourself against. You even threw them away for me. I cannot express in words the gratitude I have for the loyalty you have for me. You sacrificed all these beautiful things in life just to devote yourself completely to me. But do not despair my friend, for on me you can always depend. After you have lost all these things, you can still depend on me to keep you in a living Hell, to keep your mind, body, and soul for I will not be satisfied until you are dead, my friend.
Forever Yours,
Your Addiction
Thoughts, anyone?
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10 months ago

Oh man, this just made me cringe, made me so angry and sad. I am printing this to give to my son. Thanks for sharing Josh and I hope all is going excellent with you!
ReplyDeleteThese are so heart-wrenching to me. Syd at I'm Just F.I.N.E. posted a different one yesterday (you'll have to scroll down to Sunday April 11th, 2010 called "Do you know me?").
ReplyDeleteHope things are going well with you Josh. Heard the weather up there is finally warming up.
God bless.
it creeped me out a bit. I don't even want to think about that dark place.
ReplyDeleteoh yeah. i'd say that was pretty honest, true and descriptive.
ReplyDeletei don't call it King Heroin for nothing.
Very hard to read as a mom, but I have no doubt it is accurate. I wish you the best on your recovery.
ReplyDeleteI am going to make son read it...
ReplyDeleteHi Josh,
ReplyDeleteI found my way here via Barbara at Recovery Happens. It's nice to meet you.
This letter is quite chilling. I'm so glad you found a solution. I'll be following. Thanks for sharing.
Reminds me of my feelings about heroin completely!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm printing this off and sending it to my daughter. I hope that's okay. Thanks for being so honest and sharing.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn
I now understand my daughter.
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