An Apology to Oxy Addicts

Dear Afflicted,

This is an apology. I owe you this because I judged you and I failed you. I didn’t put myself in your shoes. I didn’t understand your pain. I didn’t understand your need for OxyContin or Percocet, your desperation for relief, until I experienced it for myself. I am sorry. I will no longer quietly ignore you, judge you, or empathize in a remote background. Now I sympathize with you front and center and doubled over in…