My sickness forces me to seek
Constant healing
Constant help
Constant hope
I am so thankful for my sickness
It forces me to face my flaws
Real and raw
I must confront
Examine
& forgive
All the parts of me that live
My body
My brain
My behaviours
Pull back the skin
Layer by layer
I wouldn’t have ever dug so deep
If my sickness had not set in motion
Such suffering
A rude awakening that I wouldn’t now trade for a n y t h i n g
I wake up everything morning and recite the AA 3rd step prayer
I give for just today
My thoughts and actions to my higher power
I am here because he allowed a
wretch like me
To have s u c h a sickness
That it set me free
Thank you Marie, for such wonderful words.
It is so hard and so good and so true.