My Addiction

"It seemed harmless at first- just a distraction that took the emotional pain away and replaced it with physical pain. It was the one thing I had power over when everything else was falling down around me... It started with small, shallow cuts, but they soon turned into deep ones that tore open my flesh and allowed me to see my tissue. They went from innocent pink lines to deep gashes that needed stitches. But then it turned into something else- something totally out of my control.

It became an addiction."