Mirror Of Myself

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of why. She said, "well night is when I feel most alone and desperate for a nurturing protector to comfort my waking nightmares."
At that point I was beginning to feel an overwhelming sense of panic for her recovery,knowing that she has had to live life locking away the hurt,crying little child. The addiction seemed to make her realities easier to cope with, and now she recognizes the reality that the addiction had become a habit- a daily ritual, like brushing her teeth. She realized that the drugs had been her companion. They had always been there when she needed comfort. At night when she was alone, they were right by her side and whenever she became bored, enraged, depressed, agitated or lonely. The drugs encouraged her to separate from those feelings and temporarily lock them away.
She may have believed her emotions were balanced, however it was the drugs deceiving her. There was only a superficial mask hiding the true identity of her soul and being high actually stifled her ...

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