Colleen Burke
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Movie nerd // book lover // in love // passionate
I'll pretty much write about anything.
Stories (3/0)
An Open Letter to My Best Friend's Late Brother
Dear Joey, Let me just start this letter out by saying thank you. Thank you for changing my outlook on addiction and knowing what it can do to a family-what it can do to my best friend in particular. Growing up, I didn’t know what addiction was. Life was nothing but sunshine and happiness, and if you told me that in ten years, we would have lost you to such an evil drug, I would have told you that you were crazy. Never in a million years would that happen. But it did. And it hit home for someone who has been an extremely important person in my life. Before I knew about the demons you were facing day in and day out, I thought people who were addicted to drugs had no one to blame but themselves. I was apathetic, and frankly cold towards those who were using. I didn’t think about those involved. I didn’t think of the pain that families go through every second when a loved one is addicted to heroin. Although it was under harrowing circumstances, you have educated me, and made me a better person.
By Colleen Burke5 years ago in Humans