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The passenger
Knowflake

Posts: 241
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Registered: Jan 2004

posted May 25, 2004 03:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for The passenger     Edit/Delete Message
Alcohol makes you misbehave
I'd rather stay sober
Drugs don't work at the end of the day
I'd rather stay clean

But I can't seem to resist the temptation
And I feel like I'm falling
One more sip, one more sniff
I can become a butterfly, a super star, or God

The fact is
I'm wasted
And I almost died
I don't recognise the people I know
Or myself
After the highest high
I feel lost

Alcohol makes you misbehave
I'd rather stay sober
Drugs don't work at the end of the day
I'd rather stay clean

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Dana

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LittleLadyLeo
Knowflake

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From: New Franklin, MO, USA
Registered: Apr 2004

posted May 25, 2004 08:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LittleLadyLeo     Edit/Delete Message
Dana this is wonderful! I work for a rehab center here in Central Missouri. Would you mind if I shared this with some of the counselors? I think it might reach some of the patients we have right now.
Thank you.


LLL

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The passenger
Knowflake

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From: Taipei, Taiwan
Registered: Jan 2004

posted May 26, 2004 12:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for The passenger     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks...not a problem at all, pass the poem onto others. I'd be glad if this could help some people out there. I hope we all can stay away from what makes us escape from reality and what numbs us, although this can be hard sometimes...peer pressure in particular.

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Dana

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The passenger
Knowflake

Posts: 241
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Registered: Jan 2004

posted May 26, 2004 12:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for The passenger     Edit/Delete Message
How strange it is that my reply hasn't appeared! Anyway, feel free to pass on the poem. Thanks for the affirmation and I hope this piece of work helps!

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Dana

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pixelpixie
Knowflake

Posts: 2309
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Aug 2003

posted May 26, 2004 12:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pixelpixie     Edit/Delete Message
Sometimes escape can be healthy and needed, but it is good to know the difference between chronic escapism: ie; not living your life... and escapism for a much needed vacation.

*sometimes if you hit refresh before you type another reply, it will show up mysteriously.. I always try that first!

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Irish Eyes
Knowflake

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From: Bethlehem,PA,USA
Registered: Apr 2004

posted May 26, 2004 12:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Irish Eyes     Edit/Delete Message

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maven
Knowflake

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From: Rennes-le-Chateau
Registered: May 2004

posted May 26, 2004 02:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for maven     Edit/Delete Message
Here I am searching for some sort of answer to contain my day and I find it amongst the blessed people here.I very much appreciated the poem for you see..today I am having a hard day.Luckily I am not afflicted by any of man's evils myself but my past comes back to haunt anytime I read something about drugs or alcohol.The man I was in love with more than anything in this world died of a heroin overdose on my birthday.It seems that years earlier when we fatefully parted I uttered the words "if you don't stop this now...you are a dead man".Yet he loved it all more than me and could not conquer his demons at the time.We went our separate ways and tried to pick up the broken pieces of our lives.The sad thing is much to both of our suprizes neither of us seemed to.So 8 years after a tearful parting I get the call than just 6 short months out of rehab....he had OD'ed.On my birthday.Every year now is a painful reminder of just what I lost..a beautiful creature who was scarred from the world and sought to end his own pain by making his life a constant blurr.Thank you very much for the poem.....it was taken to heart this day.Blessings.......maven

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"I am an enigma,wrapped up in a mystery,shrouded by lies"

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LittleLadyLeo
Knowflake

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From: New Franklin, MO, USA
Registered: Apr 2004

posted May 26, 2004 08:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LittleLadyLeo     Edit/Delete Message
I took this to our Program Director today. She's going to pass it around to the counselors. I think her words were "This is great!" Just wanted you to know that your words are going to reach more people.


Maven - my heart goes to you. Too often in the last few years I have seen just that sort of thing happen. Sometimes people walk into our facility and you just know that they're not going to make it. Unfortunately there is no set answer of how to reach people. It has to be within them to do it. I have to believe that sometimes God's plans may not make sense to us, but there is a rhyme and reason to it. You will never forget him and can pass the consequences of drug use on to others. That is the greatest honor and love you can give to your lost one.

Blessings to you.


LLL

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maven
Knowflake

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From: Rennes-le-Chateau
Registered: May 2004

posted May 26, 2004 11:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for maven     Edit/Delete Message
I guess I am a bit naive.I have never even smoked a day in my life so this stuff is a whole new world to me.I thank you for your kind words but I have to admit I still remain terrified.He was one of the most brilliant and talented people I know..so I am a bit confused on how he could fall from grace so quickly.And we even used to attend church together.We had such big dreams and now they have faded away into the shadow of a memory.His pain,his drugs,his heroin.When I knew him it was the occasional pot to "look cool".WHich quickly spread within the music scene to be crack,and then on from there.I just shut out all the talk...I had to go on with my life and he had "made his bed".He knew where I was if he needed me.ANd years later when he got clean...he called.He never said who he was only "do you remember me?".At this point it had been almost 10 years and I was married with a child so of course I did not.A month later he was gone...ripped from the world by an accidental overdose on Heroin.I live in fear for my son.I try to figure out how not to go wrong.I guess the only weapon we have in this world is Love.Pure,true Love.You have to keep on believing because if you don't...you may just shrivel up and die.Many Blessings........maven

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"I am an enigma,wrapped up in a mystery,shrouded by lies"

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aqua
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From: dreamland
Registered: Jan 2004

posted May 27, 2004 06:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for aqua     Edit/Delete Message

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The passenger
Knowflake

Posts: 241
From: Taipei, Taiwan
Registered: Jan 2004

posted May 27, 2004 10:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for The passenger     Edit/Delete Message
maven,

I'm saddened by what happened to your loved one. May his soul rest in a better place and may you find peace of mind and keep your child away from intoxicating materials...rays of white light and love go to you.

LittleLadyLeo,

I'm glad that this poem has been passed on and received positive responses. I honestly hope this will help some lost ones out there. Lots of healing power goes to them.

It may feel nice to escape once in a while, but when you become attached (addicted, I should say), it is not. So why not stay conscious and be able to think, feel and judge clearly? In order to live a really good life, you have to sacrifice some of your pleasure sometimes...

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Dana

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