How quitting is next to impossible
and even those users who suffer
through often never recover completely.
Footnote:
Possible
pregnancy
complications
crank
baby
birth
defects
health
and behavior
abnormalities.
Too Much
to think about.
Too much to bear.
And time was running short.
I knew
I couldn’t marry Chase.
I knew he would stand by me.
But he deserved his dreams.
I feared
closing that door.
I feared the uncertainty
of choosing parenthood.
I doubted
I could give my baby away.
I doubted more I could raise it
on my own—with or without defect.