Poems about Addiction
#addiction
Poetry about addiction to drugs or alcohol, and the effects of addiction on friends, family and relationships. Here you'll find poems tackling addiction to a range of behaviours and substances including smoking, drinking, prescription drugs and recreational drugs.
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
Yesterday 00:23am
Yesterday 00:23am
True love
Spent my whole life
Trying to hide
Trying to fit in
With an invisible disguise
But you loved me for who I was
You never wanted more
Helped me escape inside
And close the door
Who knew a bottle
Could make me feel right
You poured yourself into me
Night after night
You loved me for who I was
You never wanted more
Helped me escape inside
And close the door
Trying to hide
Trying to fit in
With an invisible disguise
But you loved me for who I was
You never wanted more
Helped me escape inside
And close the door
Who knew a bottle
Could make me feel right
You poured yourself into me
Night after night
You loved me for who I was
You never wanted more
Helped me escape inside
And close the door
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#drugs
#addiction
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Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped Yesterday 10:51am
4th Jul 2020 12:23pm
4th Jul 2020 12:23pm
Help
I'm lonely but not alone
I'm lost without a home
Grasping at straws
Gasping for breath
Breathe in that rare air
Chase away death
Life is a candle
A flickering wick
Gone in a flash
All together too quick
Death is but a breath away
But once it's here
It's here to stay
HELP!
Help me long to see another day
I'm lost without a home
Grasping at straws
Gasping for breath
Breathe in that rare air
Chase away death
Life is a candle
A flickering wick
Gone in a flash
All together too quick
Death is but a breath away
But once it's here
It's here to stay
HELP!
Help me long to see another day
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
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Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 2nd Aug 2020 4:32pm
3rd Jul 2020 11:19pm
3rd Jul 2020 11:19pm
Seductress
I can't stop
This seductress is a part of me
A companion who's always there
Never failing to lift my spirits
And when she leaves...
The sadness returns
Constant longing
Forever craving
The company of my old friend
Who understands me like no other
My soul mate
My nemesis
Slowly dissolving me
Into her destructive fantasy
This seductress is a part of me
A companion who's always there
Never failing to lift my spirits
And when she leaves...
The sadness returns
Constant longing
Forever craving
The company of my old friend
Who understands me like no other
My soul mate
My nemesis
Slowly dissolving me
Into her destructive fantasy
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
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Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
2nd Aug 2020 2:25pm
2nd Aug 2020 2:25pm
Self crucified
Saw you the other day
Didn't know your face
You'd been self crucified
No time to waste
Can't live this way
Unless you want to die
Now your living
In your own hell
The biggest lie you told
Was to yourself
Didn't know your face
You'd been self crucified
No time to waste
Can't live this way
Unless you want to die
Now your living
In your own hell
The biggest lie you told
Was to yourself
#sadness
#heartbroken
#addiction
#FeelingLost
#fear
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2 Comments
nikkimoe
Poem Published
2nd Aug 2020 5:12am
2nd Aug 2020 5:12am
Bobby The Body
There's meat stuck in his teeth
pork and beef
his ass flows over the seat
all he can do is eat and eat.
He wants more than his plate can hold
oats and corn are stuck in his belly rolls
soon the seeds of glutney start to grow
chowing down is all he knows.
One chin has become four
his feet drag slowly across the floor
he's out of breath but he needs more,
there's hidden candy in the drawer.
His bed is a chair that reclines
gumdrops do not dance in his mind
he dreams of another world and time
eats a doughnut, waits to...
pork and beef
his ass flows over the seat
all he can do is eat and eat.
He wants more than his plate can hold
oats and corn are stuck in his belly rolls
soon the seeds of glutney start to grow
chowing down is all he knows.
One chin has become four
his feet drag slowly across the floor
he's out of breath but he needs more,
there's hidden candy in the drawer.
His bed is a chair that reclines
gumdrops do not dance in his mind
he dreams of another world and time
eats a doughnut, waits to...
#food
#addiction
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8 Comments
Lo_bedda
Lo Lo
Lo Lo
Poem Published
1st Aug 2020 7:35pm
1st Aug 2020 7:35pm
One More Line
One more line and ill be fine
But If you offer, I can’t decline
One more line turned into nine
Who’s keeping score?
I know, I swore it was the last time
Today I’ll only do four...
The cycle of an addict is war. Signs we ignore. Getting clean becomes a chore
Excuses we give...
“i have to ween, its a disease, it’s in my genes”
A fucked up routine, trying to stay unseen
Did I say four? my bad, I did sixteen
I admit I’m a prisoner to it..can’t commit to quit
It’s true, every line I blew, my addiction grew
I’m sorry for what i...
But If you offer, I can’t decline
One more line turned into nine
Who’s keeping score?
I know, I swore it was the last time
Today I’ll only do four...
The cycle of an addict is war. Signs we ignore. Getting clean becomes a chore
Excuses we give...
“i have to ween, its a disease, it’s in my genes”
A fucked up routine, trying to stay unseen
Did I say four? my bad, I did sixteen
I admit I’m a prisoner to it..can’t commit to quit
It’s true, every line I blew, my addiction grew
I’m sorry for what i...
#depression
#LifeStruggles
#rhyming #addiction
#rhyming #addiction
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faithmairee
Poem Published
1st Aug 2020 11:23am
1st Aug 2020 11:23am
Drug Induced
Neglected child
abused and used
totally confused
they're supposed
to love her
what's wrong with her
that they don't
love her
nothing left to do
but grieve
need someone
wants only comforting
troubled teen
not so keen
Needs to
be clean
but never seen
thinks love is
just a dirty word
for her there's no
satisfaction in it
turned to crack
due to it's lack
lost her mind
can't get it back
abused and used
totally confused
they're supposed
to love her
what's wrong with her
that they don't
love her
nothing left to do
but grieve
need someone
wants only comforting
troubled teen
not so keen
Needs to
be clean
but never seen
thinks love is
just a dirty word
for her there's no
satisfaction in it
turned to crack
due to it's lack
lost her mind
can't get it back
#childhood
#drugs
#addiction #UnrequitedLove
#addiction #UnrequitedLove
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8 Comments
Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Bumped 1st Aug 2020 1:29am
3rd Jul 2020 11:10pm
3rd Jul 2020 11:10pm
Plastic
Plastic smile
On a plastic face
No one can tell
But you know it's fake
Enveloped by covers
No one will see
This waste of space
I have come to be
No more fun
No more games
No more lies
No more pain
I'll just close my eyes
And make you all go away
On a plastic face
No one can tell
But you know it's fake
Enveloped by covers
No one will see
This waste of space
I have come to be
No more fun
No more games
No more lies
No more pain
I'll just close my eyes
And make you all go away
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
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Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
1st Aug 2020 1:22am
1st Aug 2020 1:22am
Scars
Don't lose heart
You need it
No hesitation
Feel that burn
Against your skin
Make yourself feel
When nothing else will
A scar reminds
Of dark times
Burn the devil out
If he won't go
Run for the knife
And let the blood flow
You need it
No hesitation
Feel that burn
Against your skin
Make yourself feel
When nothing else will
A scar reminds
Of dark times
Burn the devil out
If he won't go
Run for the knife
And let the blood flow
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#addiction
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Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
1st Aug 2020 1:09am
1st Aug 2020 1:09am
Spiraling
That spiraling feeling
Still burns in my brain
Lock me in my closet
Make me feel my pain
The pain of a love lost
Right before my eyes
One minute it was there
The next it had died
The sadness didn't creep
It engulfed my every thought
Till I numbed myself with drink and pills
Until I got caught
I don't think things
Could get any worse
I'm starting to feel
Like I may have been cursed
Still burns in my brain
Lock me in my closet
Make me feel my pain
The pain of a love lost
Right before my eyes
One minute it was there
The next it had died
The sadness didn't creep
It engulfed my every thought
Till I numbed myself with drink and pills
Until I got caught
I don't think things
Could get any worse
I'm starting to feel
Like I may have been cursed
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#addiction
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Lo_bedda
Lo Lo
Lo Lo
Poem Published
31st Jul 2020 9:04pm
31st Jul 2020 9:04pm
My Demons Won
I’ve been asking for help since spring
No one seems to hear a damn thing
Pain even in the words that I sing
Tired of the rain, getting hard to maintain
Feeling restrain can’t seem to break the chain
Look sane but in my brain... I’m insane
Fuck, maybe it’s the cocaine
Should I pour it down the drain?
Maybe shoot it in my vein? It’s all the same
Nothing to lose, nothing to gain
Took a scroll down lovers lane
A mistake I won’t make again.
Starting to think everyone around me is fake
Never give always take. Whatever...
Can’t...
No one seems to hear a damn thing
Pain even in the words that I sing
Tired of the rain, getting hard to maintain
Feeling restrain can’t seem to break the chain
Look sane but in my brain... I’m insane
Fuck, maybe it’s the cocaine
Should I pour it down the drain?
Maybe shoot it in my vein? It’s all the same
Nothing to lose, nothing to gain
Took a scroll down lovers lane
A mistake I won’t make again.
Starting to think everyone around me is fake
Never give always take. Whatever...
Can’t...
#rejection
#rhyming
#addiction #emptiness
#addiction #emptiness
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5 Comments
Hunterapsych
Poem Published
31st Jul 2020 8:01pm
31st Jul 2020 8:01pm
No time pt2
No time to write
no time to think,
when death drifts through
so swiftly can someone sink
to being on the brink of
breaking down/transforming
especially when the being who passed
was a member of ones family..
Overwhelms the mind
you find yourself to be a mess,
crushed neath the never ending waves
of sorrow and stress..
The chaos consumes
with no normality to ever resume,
everything comes and goes so soon
as the uncertainty ensues
and confuses those not so used to
the bitter truth.. ...
no time to think,
when death drifts through
so swiftly can someone sink
to being on the brink of
breaking down/transforming
especially when the being who passed
was a member of ones family..
Overwhelms the mind
you find yourself to be a mess,
crushed neath the never ending waves
of sorrow and stress..
The chaos consumes
with no normality to ever resume,
everything comes and goes so soon
as the uncertainty ensues
and confuses those not so used to
the bitter truth.. ...
#family
#death
#addiction
#WritingPoetry
#tragedy
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4 Comments
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