NO MAGIC PILL

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NO MAGIC PILL

The perfect family, we were fine

Then booze squared came on line

We broke apart

It hurt like hell

Then Northlands came

And we were well

Fairy stories are told of old

But life is real, there no pot of gold

We worked so hard .It hurt like hell

Northlands helped

‘No pain, no gain· to getting well

A humbler family now exits

The lesson from Northlands still persists

No magic pill to ease our pain

The work was hard,

It had to be dune

Heart-rending stories

again and again

Northlands supported, a battle was won

Family Reunited

December 2007

This heartfelt poem was first published in:

The Road Less Travelled; Journey To Recovery 2008

by Yes Publications