17 Days

It took me 17 days to stop.

17 days to stop all the pill popping,

cocaine snorting

chain smoking

over-drinking

oh-so-damn depressing

drug abuse.

I had been like this for three years? Maybe more.

Everything was good, until I hit

rock

bottom.

More drinking

More pills

More cocaine

More humiliation

More denial

More suicidal thoughts

More      suicidal      tendencies

More                 suicidal                actions.

17 days of hell

17 days of torture

17 days of misery

17 days means 365 (and more) days of freedom.

Author's Note

this is about Gerard Way and his drug addiction and alcoholism.