JUSTIFYING THE ADDICT

the whole thought of justifying drug addiction must be of course in the mind of the addict ... from where else but in its knowledge of its own structure can such a justification be found ... and where else in the structure will the necessary steps be found but in the moves up from understanding to compassion from calculations to joy from judgment to decision ... overall that is from the ego to the superego ... from the mind to the spirit ... or was it just a coincidence that jesus had to die ... his mind be put out like a candle ... his body consigned to the tomb ... and we waiting the second resurrection be given what to abide ... but his spirit ... why not his mind his knowledge his experience his practical advice his wisdom his living body on the throne so that we might see and believe ... instead we have the addict whose blessing is in what the eye cannot see whose prayer is liquid and smoke whose assurance is the presence inside his intoxicated mind of the spirit whose rushing wings uphold his fainting soul