Peering into the open casket, I saw the lifeless body of my childhood friend. Although, some would argue he had been lifeless long before his death. Tommy was a drug addict for many years and had spent much time in-and-out of treatment centers and jails before his life came to a halt due to an unintentional overdose. As I stared at his now peaceful remains, I found myself highly perplexed at how this moment had transpired.
Like Tommy, I too am a drug addict. I may have been into it harder than he was at my peak and served just as much time incarcerated, homeless, and in-and-out of treatment. I treated people far worse during my active addiction, committed more serious crimes, and spent most of my days wishing for death. I couldn’t help but think that the wrong person was lying in the casket.
[For more of this story, written by Cortland Pfeffer & Irwin Ozborne, go to https://wakeup-world.com/2016/...for-profit-epidemic/]
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