• TheLostOne2023 posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 6 months, 1 weeks ago

    ADDICTED

    One more paycheck and one more wasted night
    Don’t bother to think you could call this all right
    Another night away from the children and spouse
    More time not caring for the others in your house

    No one can ever tell you what you should do
    Yes, the choices you make are all up to you
    You think you have the right to spend all day
    You think you have the right to throw it away

    Your spouse is home worrying about the bills
    You’re wasting money and getting your thrills
    You don’t give a damn about groceries or rent
    Your children go hungry, as the money is spent

    There should be no compassion offered to you
    But that is what the public always seems to do
    That poor soul is all the people seem to say
    How sad that he is throwing his life away

    But forget for a moment the one wasting the cash
    Just for luck of winning money or going on a bash
    Forget for a moment that the person is afflicted
    The family is broken up because someone’s addicted

    • Good poem sad but true.
      Turn it around poem would be a nice sequel❤️

      • Thanks. I had a good day today and made the right decision on the way home. I was visiting family and a brother said he had won $2500 at the casino yesterday. I had to make myself drive past the turnoff on the highway to avoid going there on the way home. I knew if I made it past that turnoff that I would not take the next one available because I would be too late getting home. My sister asked me to text when I got home and she would be concerned if it was over 90 minutes. I got home in less than that and texted her and all of my money was still in my pocket, not some machine. I WON THIS ROUND!!!

      • Okay, you asked for it to be turned around. I just wrote this.
        THE RECOVERY

        The paycheck came home this night
        You decided to do what was right
        Enjoying the children and the spouse
        Tonight there´s happiness in the house

        The choice tonight is all up to you
        So you do what you should do
        You work too hard during the day
        To just go out and throw it away

        Your spouse uses the money for bills
        Instead of you getting your thrills
        You´ve bought groceries, paid the rent
        Fed the children, the money is spent

        Making changes day by day
        Slowly but surely is the way
        It´s imperative to rebuild trust
        That´s the thing that is a must

        You´ve agreed you have an addiction
        That troubled life caused much friction
        Though it won´t be that easy to do
        The change can come only from you

        Rebuild hope, rebuild dreams
        Life is better than it seems
        You´re on the right path tonight
        Just by trying to make things right

        It´s more than a change of heart
        You´re giving your life its new start
        Now you have goals you can share
        For tonight you showed you care

    • Thanks for sharing.