| There is no end to the destruction that lies in the trail | | | | extended family members without noticing at least |
| of addiction and it's onslaught. Good people dead, | | | | one individual suffering from some form of addiction. |
| families torn apart at the root level, children left | | | | Often a family discovers upon investigation that |
| homeless and wandering. This may sound like a movie | | | | there are multiple people within the extended familial |
| trailer but in actual fact it is merely a light hearted | | | | bounds that are struggling with addiction and those |
| glance at the true reality faced by millions in the | | | | around this individual being forced to struggle right |
| United States today. Further more this reality isn't | | | | along beside them. |
| just faced by a select few from a particular section | | | | Though many find drug rehab programs and |
| of town or familial heritage. Instead this path of | | | | recovery measures and ultimately discover the path |
| destruction literally cuts across every socioeconomic, | | | | of rebuilding their lives, ten times more never even |
| cultural and race related boundary. | | | | see the light of day. From financial limitations to social |
| A simple glance at the latest headlines will reveal | | | | stigmas and a "don't ask don't tell" mentality, many |
| billionaires struggling to maintain their livelihood and | | | | continue to suffer and inflict suffering on those who |
| their life behind addiction related complications. Poor | | | | love them until they meet their final destination; |
| and impoverished mixed up in gangs and reduced to | | | | death or prison. |
| fighting and killing to continue a drug riddled existence, | | | | More effort needs to be expended from local |
| and finally grand mothers lost for eternity in a | | | | community groups and grass roots organizations to |
| physical death grip of addiction due to their | | | | place the national attention where it belongs; on the |
| prescribed pain relievers for common ailments. | | | | families in need and the addiction recovery methods |
| Scarce to say that any many woman or child could | | | | of tomorrow which need to surface NOW. |
| look no further than their own immediate and | | | | |