Causes Of Being Unbroken

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Polo Barfield Engl, 1301-900 Mrs. Harrison Oct 15, 2012 Stay Strong and be Unbroken. Finding the strength to overcome an addiction, is one of the hardest tasks anyone can confront. If someone were to discover that strength within them, only then will they have the power to destroy that addiction, and discover a whole new outlook on life. Having an addiction, is never a good thing to carry on your shoulders. It can be hazardous to your health, and in some cases, it can even lead to suicide. My addiction that has been controlling me for the past three years, nearly drove me to the brink of suicide, but by some miracle, I was saved by something I did not expect. It all started back in 2009, in my junior…show more content…
From 2009 to present, this addiction has been following me wherever my presence is called. My gagging problem now has gotten so bad, to the point where even walking in the grocery store is unmanageable. Whenever I’m around a bunch of people, is when it really starts to act up. During this past summer, before school started, my situation had gotten even worse, to where falling into a deep depression had occurred. This resulted me laying in bed for long periods of time, and just being so afraid that even going outside would be catastrophic to me, because no matter wherever I’m at, I always had to have a cough drop in my mouth, or else it would result in me gag all over the place. Once my depression had gotten so low, my mind started to develop suicidal thoughts. The reason why this occurred, was because this problem was controlling my life, buy not letting me be able to go out and have fun, go to church, or even to go out and seek a job to help my mother with the bills, and I just wanted it to end. My mother became very worried of me, for she saw me sinking into a dark place in my life. Seeing me like this really broke her heart, so she told me that…show more content…
We had seen many doctors before, pediatrician, gastroenterologist, and a therapist, and none of them could pin point what the problem was. However when we saw the adult doctor, she was the only one that actually had a solution. She prescribed some a new anti anxiety/depression medication that had just been developed. At that point the realization came to me, that this woman had saved my life, from the brink of suicide. We had already tried everything else, so at this point, we were ready to try anything. A few days had past trying this medication, and the discovery of a strength that I never knew I had within me, had opened my eyes, to a new outlook on life. Someone texted me words of encouragement one day during my dark place, and it said, “Stay Strong and be Unbroken.” The strength to fight on is what was discovered, and it came to my attention that a stand needed to be taken against this addiction, and fight back with full power. The decision was made that this was not going to control me any more, and that this was a time to, stay strong, and be, unbroken. Now a few months have past with the medication, and they have kept

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