Removing the Veil of Shame

     shame... has no place when confronting   recovery...

                        ...our own,   or that of someone we love.

Let's not hide.

Let's not deny.

Let's accept...truth.

Let's discuss reality.

Shame? Embarrassment. Regret. Fear.  FEELINGS happen...

when our mom, grandson, spouse or daughter make publicly known the issue of their addiction to heroin...

but maybe we can choose to respond to the crisis...

with equanimity~

face our neighbors with neither shame nor facade,

and begin the important discussion of how to be 

                                 aware

of the insidious inroads black tar heroin is making into our culture.

Smoking pot, or even plain tobacco, is no longer something parents can accept as NORMAL for our teens.

Now that heroin can be introduced to the unsuspecting teen in the form of     smoke-

any pipe, cannabis joint, bong or cigarette can contain the offending substance that will most assuredly alter the life, perhaps irreparably, of 

someone you love.

So instead of being ashamed or humiliated at the addiction and hopefully subsequent recovery efforts of our loved one;  let's just be humbled~

                                              ... and talk about it.