"Drugs! Are They A Positive Escape For Me?"

I see the vultures. They watch me bleed. They lick their lips, as all the shame spills out of me. -Bring Me The Horizon-
That quote was from a band that, while I was at home, I often listened to. As I began my lesson it just came to me. Drugs are like vultures. They stalk you, waiting for their prey. And once they get a hold of you, you are like a vultures prey; dead meat. Drugs will eat away your soul.
My Mom was a great person, a good Mother, and a hard worker. One of my family members introduced her to crack. And to this day, she is still suffering from severe addiction. Her addiction is not only affecting her, but, also our family. My brother has brain damage because of my Mom smoking it while she was pregnant. My other siblings are separated because of her not being stable enough to take care of us. Lives are being ruined because of drugs. I almost ruined my own life because of them. I had given up on God and life. I tried everything I could to get high. But, my Mother’s mistakes helped me realize that I was going down the wrong path.
My Dad is also an addict. But, just because my parents messed up their life, I don’t have to mess up mine.
In I Corinthians 6:19 it says, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, And you are not your own? Your body belongs to God, and when you harm yourself, you are hurting Him. It is a sin to harm yourself. It is a sin to do drugs. That is my lesson on ‘Drugs” (Are They A Positive Escape?)

(Written by one of the Haven of Hope girls)