Writing An Impact Letter: A Powerful Tool for Supporting a Loved One

Even after graduating from the Home of Grace, those words had very little meaning for a while. That doesn’t change the fact that I AM, truly and genuinely, sorry for the choices I’ve made, the things I’ve done, and the pain I’ve caused. I know it doesn’t fix any of the damage I’ve caused, but hopefully, there is some part of your mind that can take some small amount of comfort in the fact that I didn’t want to do the things I did. I know it doesn’t seem like it, but I hated losing this battle as much as you hated suffering from it. I’m of the belief that addiction is not a choice. Once the addict goes into a craving state, it’s beyond willpower or intelligence.

I’ve been clean 11 years 10 months and 7 days. I know I’m still an addict, but I’ve kept myself clean. I have good days and some bad, but I do not use, and I hope, wish, and pray I’ll never go back to that life. Our addict was a thief, stealing from those who loved him. He stole from those who gave him willingly, snatched from the innocent, stole from our family, and, worst of all, our addict stole our son.

An Open Letter to My Addiction

I would try sometimes to go out and have fun with my real friends. After only an hour or two, I would feel you calling me, tugging at me, telling me I had to go home and be with you or I would suffer consequences. Cooped up in my apartment for weeks goodbye letter to alcohol at a time with only you for company, I began to dawn on me that I was in an unhealthy and abusive relationship with you. After a while, you started to tell me that I didn’t need anyone else. I should abandon my friends, shut out my family.

But as I bear witness to you ripping through the lives of my friends, my family members, and my patients, I find it nearly impossible to surrender again. You would think I would have accepted this by now—that you want us dead—after battling with you my entire life. You would think I would stop being surprised as I hear about overdose after overdose… countless lives that you’ve taken hostage and pursued until the gates of death. Then there was that night you were driving under the influence and got into an accident. Not only because I feared the worst for your health, but because you had become the very thing that had driven you to addiction in the first place.

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There are some of us that if we try crack we will eventually became addicted to it. Then there are some that if they try alcohol they become alcoholics. Usually the addict has to hit his rock bottom to get help.

Sierra by the Sea offers comprehensive prescription painkiller addiction treatment for adults age 18 and older. Maybe you’ve never felt the sting of addiction in your own personal life. Maybe you have never watched a loved one melt away before your eyes into to somebody or something you don’t recognize.

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For more information about discharge planning, alumni services, or any other feature of treatment at Sierra by the Sea, please contact us at your earliest convenience. Receiving effective professional treatment for prescription painkiller addiction can be an essential step on your path toward long-term recovery. But at Sierra by the Sea, we understand that your time in treatment with us will be just one part of your recovery journey. For this reason, we place great emphasis on preparing you to make continued progress long after you’ve transitioned out of our care. After a rehab center is utilized, it would be wise for those who are influenced by the high of drugs they once loved to live in sober living facilities. Finding new people to spend their time with and adhering to ma change in lifestyle will promote lasting sobriety with better highs in everyday life than drugs could ever provide.

• I was so ashamed of my addiction, but I was equally so stuck in denial that it took ten years of failed attempts for me to say goodbye to drug addiction and fully embrace recovery.
• When you first came into my life, I believed that you would help me ease all the pain I was going through.
• You constantly blocked me from doing any of the things I wanted to do.
• I want you to feel guilty and remorseful for the things you have done in the past and you’ll never be able to let go of.
• Knowing that you’re not alone in this fight is a comforting and hopeful feeling that can help you find the strength to support your children through their addiction.