A shot to kill the pain a pill to drain the shame a purge to stop the gain a cut to break the vein a smoke to ease the crave a drink to win a game an addiction's addiction because it always hurts the same. But in rising up every time we fall. Never underestimate a recovering addict we fight for our lives every day in ways most people will never understand. You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life. Keep the faith, the most amazing things in life tend to happen right at the moment you're about to give up hope. Change your behaviors and your feelings will follow. There is no shame in beginning again for you get a chance to build bigger and better than before