For the poet in us

[Desert Ghost]

I don't claim to be a poet but here is something that I wrote.
^:)^
ADDICTION
It is powerful,
It is deceptive,
It stalks me night and day,
It uses my shame,
It uses my guilt,
It gets me to act-out,
I felt there was no control,
I felt there was no hope,
Then I found the twelve,
They gave me Hope,
They gave me Strength,
They gave me Courage,
To put It behind me,
To embrace recovery,
I name It,
An It is addiction.
by
Desert Ghost

[want2bebetter]

Your poem expresses something powerful, that is, that just naming the addiction an addiction already begins a shift of mindset that puts us in a position where we can succeed. And naming something is a positive act, an act of will. Think about how powerful it is to name a child, or re-name oneself after a spouse upon marriage (if one so chooses). Naming is making a choice and attaching meaning to that choice. Naming it addiction means unveiling its hideousness and declaring war upon it without quarter.