[MajestyJo]

Back to Basics

Do you look back and remember
When your life was living H*ll?
When denial and deception reined.
Hopelessness was the outer shell?
Does that time in your life remain clear in your mind?
Reminders of powerlessness and fear that you find
To a hunt you; to discourage you; to drive you insane?

Then search down inside yourself and see if you can find
that unique and special person who is hiding just behind
All the anger, guilt, and resentment seething below
Or behind the many masks you allow the world to know.

An option is to take a risk and to set that person free
To take a step to freedom and to let the whole world see
The genuine, honest person you are desperately trying to be
But the choices that must be made, are left to you indeed
If the goal that you have set is for recovery to succeed.

So get back to basics; take it one day at a time
Remember easy does it; and Thy will be done; not mine.
And if you have slipped and had a fall,
And you feel as if you have lost it all?

Remember that you are human,
Mistakes are often made
To continue on this rocky road will end up in the trade
Of a life filled with promises, serenity and care
For a life filled with devastation, depression and despair.

Now, get back down to basics; and get right back on track
Learn how to focus, and not just to react
And begin to forgive yourself, so you can bring you back
To the road to sobriety, with recovery intact.

- Lois Stargratt