"Addiction Poem" A Message of Hope

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • Please go to www.burningtree... to find out more. Burning Tree has been helping the chronic relapser since 1999. You can reach us by phone at 866-287-2877
    You can also check out our Facebook page at / 131106610292413
    Poem by IN-Q. To see more of his work go to:
    / inqlife
    / inqlife
    Lyrics:
    So this is living
    Every single day is like a blessing we've been given
    I keep my scars hidden behind the bars of this prison
    I keep my flaws tucked, right behind my front, sucking up this blunt
    I don't give a
    Hey what's up
    How you been
    Cool man I'm doing me
    Chiller than the Artic but burning like a third degree
    I'm open like a surgery
    I'm searching for a crutch
    It's as natural as putting antiseptic on a cut
    Heal me
    I fiend for my fix
    There's a void on the inside
    I fill it up with fluff to avoid where my sins lie
    I'm talking puppy dogs and ice cream
    Caffeine, nicotine, puffing on a pipe dream
    Daddy needs a new pair of anything
    Maybe you relate
    Lay your head upon my pillow, wake up with a clean slate
    I thought that if I found out who I was
    Away from anything I'd ever tried to use to catch a buzz
    I would build a better me
    So I did
    Delving into all of the hurt I had hid since a kid
    Everytime I felt the urge I would hold on
    I want to reach the other side, my goal's to be headstrong
    When right feels dead wrong
    When night feels too long
    When life feels too long
    When hindsight is blinding and reminding us to hold on
    You're not alone
    We've all been there together
    We're facing the storm because bad weather ain't forever
    We're breaking the norm
    To see if maybe there is more
    But we'll never know until we're on the other side of that door
    I don't want to use you for anything
    Abuse you for anything
    Or lose you to anything
    Love is not obsession, there are no strings attached
    So I cant love you if I'm like yeah but there's a catch
    I want freedom from desire because this moment is real
    They speak about courage but they don't own how they feel
    I want to scream truth
    Just to hear it echo back
    I don't need your validation this is truly where I'm at
    See this poem is for the lost and the found
    Who've been tossed to the ground
    Who've been crossed by their friends
    Get up stand your ground again
    Make your heart the strongest muscle that you've got
    Then let it guide you in the dark
    Until you reach the other side

Комментарии • 72

  • @user-jb6xp6vz5c
    @user-jb6xp6vz5c 3 года назад +14

    Being an addict is like being in love with someone you know does not love you and is lying to your face. And every lie you hear, you love more back. Until everything is gone because you kept nothing for yourself.

  • @JadenBorn
    @JadenBorn Год назад +13

    I listen to this poem almost every day now. Few years back I wasn't sure if I could even get off meth or fent and now I'm putting weed down for the first time since I was 14, I'm 22 now. Never been so proud of myself. Never say Never because you are ALWAYS capable of following your goals and chasing your dreams, never give up!

  • @thagus
    @thagus 10 лет назад +15

    "Make your heart the strongest muscle that you´ve got" this poem is so inspiring, touching and amazing.

  • @websterbulongo3796
    @websterbulongo3796 2 месяца назад +1

    Continue teaching the addition poem😊😊😊😊

  • @jasonohanlon5889
    @jasonohanlon5889 3 года назад +6

    This is powerful. Struggling with addiction i go back to this everytime. Thank you :)

  • @BridgetBurke-q5z
    @BridgetBurke-q5z 6 месяцев назад +1

    Sooo inspiritional. Thank you.❤

  • @emilyroseayres84
    @emilyroseayres84 3 года назад +6

    Raw, relatable and beautiful. Thank you kindly for sharing this hard-hitting and hopeful poem.

  • @StephenAllanson-lf5sv
    @StephenAllanson-lf5sv 8 месяцев назад +1

    This was me back then

  • @LeahMcGee
    @LeahMcGee 11 лет назад +5

    I shared this becasue I think it was awesome. it is a hard thing and sometimes people need to remember to have hope.

  • @timbota90
    @timbota90 10 лет назад +6

    Very powerful! These words speak straight to my heart about where I've been and where I'm going.

  • @chipper_dude
    @chipper_dude 10 лет назад +1

    I can't think of anything to say, but I fell as if something should be said, so until the gears in my head start turning, this si a fantastic poem, and you should feel unending pride over it.

  • @alexrush4140
    @alexrush4140 4 года назад +4

    Damn this hits hard to the core

  • @truthhertz351
    @truthhertz351 11 лет назад +15

    Thank you.
    It has been a while since I see words of heart.
    Words mending our broken bones.
    Words heavier than stone,
    making my mind blown.
    Words that start new life in stride,
    and makes us look to the sky.
    Even though life on that other side won't be all rainbows and butterflies.
    So we look upon our standing ground
    that shakes beneath our feet.
    And jump past undiscovered bounds
    so we can land on the same streets.
    Because that's all we get to see,
    Limit is our inevitibility.
    But we must believe.
    Seize the life you have been bestowed
    Think outside the box
    Drive on that less traveled road
    And break from your routine clocks.
    Because mistakes in life should be yours to make,
    you should be the one to choose the lane you take,
    and for God's sake.
    Know that it won't be a peace of cake.
    Know that if you keep your feet strong,
    your legs will not break.
    Don't doubt.
    Just take.

  • @JamesPolymer
    @JamesPolymer 11 лет назад +3

    A truly haunting, inspiring, hopeful message--one this country would do well to hear more often. God bless you and those who's lives you have changed for the better. =)

  • @wendythomas9828
    @wendythomas9828 10 месяцев назад

    I am a recovered addict of 26 years from Meth and four Years ago I became something I hated so much in life..and alcholic as I grew up with alcoholism and said I would never do the same and Here I am and I hurt so much....I cannot figure my way out...I have no one!

  • @charlyhagan1038
    @charlyhagan1038 4 года назад

    Thank you

  • @pertinentissueswithDY
    @pertinentissueswithDY 2 года назад

    Just what I need!
    Thanks 👍🏾

  • @saberfry
    @saberfry 11 лет назад +2

    amazing work - thank you for your art - beautiful, and touching

  • @lxsaintxl
    @lxsaintxl 11 лет назад +2

    Wow,amazing!

  • @philipbloom
    @philipbloom 11 лет назад +11

    Very nicely made and well done good message

  • @reeferseasalt
    @reeferseasalt 7 лет назад

    Powerful and heartwrenching. Thank you for your words.

  • @LissaFehr
    @LissaFehr 10 лет назад +1

    Amazing!

  • @chrisbt2948
    @chrisbt2948 11 лет назад

    brilliant review! footage to die for! beautifully shot edited magic man! nice work Mr Bloom.

  • @AmpsforBuddha
    @AmpsforBuddha 11 лет назад +9

    The biggest addiction we are facing, is the addiction to money. From the "white collar" crimes of Wall Street to the street corner drug dealer. How much is enough profit? Why does money have to come between human beings and basic necessities? …When we switch from a Monetary based economy to a Resource Based Economy, harmful addictions will become a thing of the past.

    • @queenstixxzz
      @queenstixxzz 11 лет назад +2

      preach it! fight the nwo people while we still can.

    • @truthhertz351
      @truthhertz351 11 лет назад +2

      Nice dream but it wouldn't work. Not only would that get no publicity from companies that make a lot of money, not only would everyone want the same resources, but if that was even close to happening the richest of the richest could easily buy many resources while they still can, allowing them to still have the luxuries and even put them in a position to change the economy back to it's monetary based system that the entire world is following.
      The only way we can save countries from this insanity is by allowing the rich to pay higher taxes than they are, distributing more money into the economy so it can function better, and making people less desperate for money. I'm sorry but reality is no perfect world, in order for true equality we must have money, however even a fair system can be tainted by the greed of mankind. The only way your goal can be true is if money becomes something available to all of us, then let all of us decide on what is beneficial to all of us.

  • @lilkuh-lair7763
    @lilkuh-lair7763 Год назад

    I needed this🤍

  • @bena8728
    @bena8728 7 лет назад

    timing is everything? _ this video just hit me @ the perfect time

  • @alucard1uk
    @alucard1uk 11 лет назад +2

    absolutely beautiful poem :)

  • @MrIroncrusher
    @MrIroncrusher 7 лет назад

    Amazing

  • @ToyaDecember
    @ToyaDecember 9 месяцев назад

    We will help you with it

  • @mikebrooks4660
    @mikebrooks4660 2 года назад +2

    I'm on day 4 of getting clean from a fentynal addiction. I wanna be here for my baby. I don't want to be a statistic. I feel like death. But I will win. I will win.

    • @IzMmay
      @IzMmay 26 дней назад

      I hope you made it thru

    • @johnray8087
      @johnray8087 21 день назад +1

      Same, I hope you made it

    • @IzMmay
      @IzMmay 21 день назад

      @ keep back sliding. But I am still trying.

  • @KyleCoats20
    @KyleCoats20 11 лет назад

    Amazing!!! Especially in light of Philip Seymour Hoffman's death.

  • @brianmcarthur3900
    @brianmcarthur3900 6 лет назад

    Today is my....would have been my sisters birthday and when I first heard this two years after she died I cried. Don’t know if it would have made a difference in fact I don’t think it would have but I wish she could have heard these beautiful words.

  • @TrudiEvans
    @TrudiEvans 7 лет назад

    wow I am back on alcohol after 3 years clean 2 rehabs cancer something upset me now hiding it from my husband who so far has not caught on how do |I do this I am done this helps thank you I relate but think it is too late wow a powerful poem love poetry write mine not as good as this

  • @johnconlow3336
    @johnconlow3336 3 года назад +1

    What a great poem and the song adds so much to it. Another great youtube video on this subject is 'On life right now: Maddy Dietz, 2020 National Student Poet for the Midwest' on Planet Classroom Network. Maddy reads “Abridged Drinker’s Dictionary.”

  • @lxstsxul4100
    @lxstsxul4100 4 года назад

    I was sober for 6 months.. the longest I've been since I started.. I bought a dime the other day just because... and now.. I can't stop. I don't want to be back where I started.. Im relapsing.. and I hate myself for it. My mum would literally die if she knew I was doing it.. but its the only thing that makes me feel okay. my meds don't work, and I don't want to tell anyone that because I hate changing them every month. how did I go from being totally against it.. to doing it every day for months to and then to finally being sober and letting myself fall right back into it..?

  • @GoatGarrett72
    @GoatGarrett72 Месяц назад

    I am not a patient or loved one of this place, I don't live anywhere near texas.
    ***I AM RIGHTING THIS TO WARN LOVED ONES AND PATIENTS TO AVOID THIS PLACE LIKE THE PLAGUE
    According to several former patients and loved ones, the 5-star Google Maps reviews are FAKE! For example...
    1. Many of them are literally written and posted by employees of the place which is extremely dishonest behavior
    2. Even worse, the staff there tend to apparently intimidate, bully, and/or pressure THEIR OWN PATIENTS INTO LEAVING THEM
    This is just one of maaaaaany things that shock me that such a place exists in the US!

  • @brianbarnes4437
    @brianbarnes4437 11 лет назад

    Life long lessons condensed into 3.26. Cool :)

  • @tommyferguson5237
    @tommyferguson5237 2 года назад

    I don't think my heart should be my strongest muscle. For me personally, it needs to be my brain.

  • @jamespiner5638
    @jamespiner5638 2 года назад

    Damn I need help so badly

  • @maxb6793
    @maxb6793 11 лет назад +1

    This is Amazing, I want to turn it into a song. This is so beautiful. Anyone know where I can find the words for it?

    • @Micodalaholla
      @Micodalaholla 11 лет назад

      I agree! The words are posted in the description below the video

  • @paristaylor4838
    @paristaylor4838 Год назад

    I'm a out n out s,o,b but hearing this makes me a bit less so.

  • @RcTranMD
    @RcTranMD 11 лет назад

    Did Shane Koyczan write this it's sounds like his inspirational work and his voice

    • @Micodalaholla
      @Micodalaholla 11 лет назад

      It is from IN-Q, a great spoken word poet in a similar genre as Shane

  • @Verypolitesquid
    @Verypolitesquid 10 лет назад +5

    Does he have a book of his poems? can anyone link me to it i would love to buy one

  • @johnjuneau1217
    @johnjuneau1217 Год назад

    Would if those bars were not meant for you to be encoded behind and those scars were not meant for you to carry and that void was meant for something for greatness to reside and be created within you. We have never been alone and the God that created the pillars of the earth says to come forth that you have been called into a new life not set on look backs on what has been, might have been but a divine destiny created especially for you. There is a door set before that is inviting cutting away all the strings that once held you as a puppet against you own will creating a delusion of what has been spoken and created for you. If our desires had the power within them to create unity with the positive influence and strength to walk in a heavenly realm that is eternal and offered by the door holder who gives to you a key to a new entrance. There is a voice that echos through the sky today that says strengthen yourself and walk into your purpose the destiny created for you, let your past be a place where a new seed can be planted and life shall come forth.
    For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord. Plans for your welfare future and a hope. Plans for your prosperity not to harm you. You will find me when you seek me will all your heart so seek me will all your heart.

  • @ronedeetlefs8386
    @ronedeetlefs8386 4 года назад

    does anyone maybe know the music used in this video?

  • @glaswasser
    @glaswasser 11 лет назад

    i don't get it.

  • @potoole7327
    @potoole7327 10 лет назад +1

    No credit for the author?

  • @chickenwithanafro
    @chickenwithanafro 11 лет назад

    I've only heard a few poems that are better than this one, including "My balls are itchy" by Asher Coady and "OCD" by Neil Hillborn

    • @karmascribs6687
      @karmascribs6687 7 лет назад

      chickenwithanafro this one is better chicken. way better. it triggered tears in one of the toughest mfers i know. dude wouldent cry if his arm got chopped off. but this got him.