Writer and youthworker, Michael Lee, speaks openly about addiction, in his poem "The Addict, A Magician". Through his stunning use of words, Lee touches on his own personal battles with alcohol, as well as the impact of losing a loved one to drugs had on him and his perspective on life. Check it out below!
"The mind of the addict is cunning enough
to convince the body it is not dying...
Addiction is the ethereal art
of forgetting that you are still here...
The difference between an addict
and one who is drowning
is the one who is drowning knows it.
The addict will drink the sea until it becomes him"
"The mind of the addict is cunning enough
to convince the body it is not dying...
Addiction is the ethereal art
of forgetting that you are still here...
The difference between an addict
and one who is drowning
is the one who is drowning knows it.
The addict will drink the sea until it becomes him"
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