Addiction

When you love someone who is addicted to something that can end their life in an instant, it consumes you. The fear. The sadness. The waiting for the phone to ring. The wondering what a different step down a different path could have meant for them, for all of you. You begin to wonder if you told them enough that you love them, how much their presence in your life means to you, how much they mean to the people that love them. You question everything while the voice inside you that you've been silencing for months is screaming. There [...]