The thing about addiction is…

It all starts somewhere

Somewhere small 

One shot

One pill

One bump

One syringe 

Just a little fun

To get the party going

To relax and unwind

Until it's one flask hidden in a jacket pocket

One little orange pill bottle missing from your grandmas covert 

One birthday missed at your daughters party

One hundred dollars missing from her piggy bank

Now you can’t stop

It consumes you 

No matter how many times you try, and try, and try

You fail

One DUI after the other

One missed message from your wife

“Where were you”

“She wanted you there”

“Are you using again”

One thousand worries fill her mind like

“Is he coming home”

“Will my daughter have a father”

“When will I get that ‘I'm so sorry’ call from the hospital”

“When will you change”

One year deep, one more birthday missed

But its just a little fun…right?