Tuesday, July 02, 2013

quick to deny the accolades


"I am an addict", not "I was an addict"…
words echoing in the full room
so many who love him
who know what he had done
ready to lift him up
to heap him with praise
but he was quick to deny the accolades
as if he was finished
the journey already won
his response stopping them in their tracks
the battle day by day


July 2, 2013
question and answer time and
presentation by Chester (Chet) Birmingham
on addiction and recovery at
Jeremiah’s Corner,
led by Ellen Dickinson
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
July 1, 2013

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