i spent time today with a dear friend who has children who are battling addiction. i am saddened whenever i talk with someone who is in the thick of that world, it is suffocating, it is trying to breathe underwater. i think often about the families of those who suffer, sometimes i think that we need just as much help as they do. i am not an expert on this, by any means, but, after living with this for so long i have a few words of comfort:
first: we are all God's children, He loves us & those who are addicts more than we even love them... He is there watching out for them, when we no longer can.
second: there is truth, i can testify, that nothing we do can fix another person. sometimes the deepest love means letting go, stepping back & walking away... saving who you can save, yourself.
third: life is beautiful, life is wonderful & life continues on the other side. for those who lose the battle in this life, i know, there is peace for them elsewhere.
fourth: it is okay to hurt.
fifth: it is okay to live, to find happiness & to let go.
i love you all, i love those of you who know intimately what i am talking about, if anyone ever wants to talk... you know where to find me.