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War  ·  2910 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Lil's Book of Questions: Who Would You Like to Talk to and What About?

My dad's brother. My uncle struggled severely with drug addiction, but came out of it. Everyone thought it would have killed him, but it didn't. He would go on to die in a car accident a decade or so later, but completely clean. I always saw a kind man because the addiction came and went before I was born. If I could see him again I would ask him what changed? Was it a moment or a collection of moments? I would just want to understand his experience with addiction, and ultimately his recovery. I was too young to comprehend these ideas, and by the time I came to these thoughts he was gone. He inspires me in a small way to stay strong, and he showed me that there is love in everyone even when they are at their worst. I only hope he found peace in the next life.