Devil's Pipe

She lies unmarked in Texas dirt because of what he chose. The truth is the hardest pill to swallow in life. The Giant Came Home is an outlaw gospel song about watching the man you worshipped as a boy collapse into crack addiction in his fifties. About a wife who held on for forty-four years. About the women from her canning group who raised the stone money for a marker that never went up, because the addict spent it on a pipe and a stranger's bed. For Mom: Brenda 'Bren' Kirksey, November 17, 1955 to July 31, 2017. This song is one family's story. It is also the story of millions of American families fractured by the growing drug addiction epidemic. Behind every overdose statistic is a son, a wife, a child, a grandchild watching the giant come home as someone they have to survive. The damage does not stop with the addict. It runs through the bloodline. If you are caught in this, or watching someone you love drown in it, you are not alone. You are not invisible. The damage is real. So is the road back. Resources: SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357 (free, confidential, 24/7) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: samhsa.gov 12 Legions is outlaw gospel by Rusty, a terminal stage 4 cancer patient writing what most people will not say. If this song hit you, follow the channel. #OutlawGospel #12Legions #DarkAmericana #DrugAddictionAwareness #FamilyTrauma #CrackEpidemic #TexasMusic #OutlawCountry #DarkCountry #SongwriterStory