Keeping Silent

Sitting across from a
  A son or a daughter
    A mother or father
      A grandma or grandpa
Cousins, nieces or nephews

My curiosity is kept in check
  for all but medical details of
    alcohol misuse
       drug misuse

prescription, illicit or from the cabinet at home.

Sitting across I watch
  tears and exquisite sadness of life gone so very wrong
    the exhaustion of years buried in chemicals
      fear and nervousness about coming sickness
withdrawal from chemicals is the easy part of recovery.

“At the bottom of every person’s dependency, 

there is always pain. Discovering the pain and 

healing it is an essential step in ending dependency.”

~ Chris Prentiss, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure