"I Am Your Disease" is a powerful and thought-provoking piece that personifies addiction as a disease. Here is the text of the letter "I Am Your Disease" for your reference:
"I hate meetings. I hate higher powers. I hate anyone who has a program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish you death and I wish you suffering. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the disease of addiction. Cunning, baffling, and powerful; that's me. I have killed millions and I am pleased.
I love to catch you with the element of surprise. I love pretending I am your friend and lover. I have given you comfort, have I not? Wasn't I there when you were lonely? When you wanted to die, didn't you call me? I was there. I love to make you hurt. I love to make you cry. Better yet, I love to make you so numb you can neither hurt nor cry. You can't feel anything at all. This is true glory.
I will give you instant gratification, and all I ask of you is long-term suffering. I've been there for you always. When things were going right in your life, you invited me. You said you didn't deserve these good things, and I was the only one who would agree with you. Together we were able to destroy all the good things in your life.
People don't take me seriously. They take strokes seriously, heart attacks seriously, even diabetes, they take seriously. Fools that they are, they don't know that without my help, these things would not be made possible.
I am such a hated disease, and yet I do not come uninvited. You choose to have me. So many have chosen me over reality and peace.
More than you hate me, I hate all of you who have a 12-step program. Your programs, your higher power, all of it. I am such a hated disease, and yet I am in your midst, uninvited.
I love to close your eyes so you can't see that you are in a prison. I love to close your mind so you can't see that you don't have freedom. I love to close your heart so you can't love, your soul so you can't be loved. And you don't even know it.
I am your disease. I hate meetings. I hate higher powers. I hate anyone who has a program. To all who come in contact with me, I wish you death and I wish you suffering."
This letter serves as a stark reminder of the destructive power of addiction and the importance of seeking help and support in the journey towards recovery.