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This video was so extremely hard for me to view. I though of Charles. I thought of all the different ways I personally watched him with his disease. Sometimes I tried to stare it down, sometimes I watched it through the curtains. As heartbreaking as it was to watch him, this was my child, I could not look away. As I watched the video, I thought of the families that viewed it; thinking they may see the person they love in the film. I do not know when they made this film so I also looked for Charless in the footage. I was so afraid I would see him.. I did not see him but cried for all the people I did see. I know many families deal with the disease of addiction everyday, up close and personal. I know they make hard, complex, heartbreaking, gut wrenching decisions every day. They make them for the good of themselves, their family and the people they love who have this sickness. They know this sickness and they know what makes it tick. They are the ones that go to battle with it everyday. They have been knocked down many times in their battle with it; yet they get up, they continue to fight the fight. They know they are in a fight with a disease that has one objective, to make the person with the disease of addiction invisible to you. I find this thought very confusing; I know if you have lived with addiction of any kind, the disease is so visible to you. I have a question for the fortunate people, who do not need to deal with addiction with every breath they take. The very fortunate who watched this video and had no idea that is what addiction looks like,the fortunate who do not know what nodding off looks like, those of you who say thank God we do not have addiction in our family. Here is my question. What are you doing to help stop this epidemic before it finds its way to your neighborhood, your front door or worse ends up within the safe haven of your home. Suddenly, its sitting there right in front of you, as big as LIFE, screaming look at me, I am not invisible, you can not make me disappear, You need to deal with me. In all honesty...That’s how fast it can happen to your family as it did ours. Think about that and then really think about it again. Charless Mom..Eileen
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 01:22:33 +0000

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