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Has anyone lost a child from a drug overdose? Do we ever heal?
Loss & Grief | Last Active: Feb 25 9:16pm | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
I am so sorry for your loss. The pain must be unbearable.
Families Anonymous (FamiliesAnonymous.org) and Nar-Anon (www.Nar-Anon.org)
are two groups that offer in person and online meetings that might be of help to you.
Families Anonymous has a special Zoom Meeting that is a US Bereavement Group Meeting.
It is the last Sunday of the Month from 12:00pm - 1:00 PM Eastern Time.
The Zoom Meeting ID is: 509 168 6103
Passcode: 821837
Contact: marias@familiesanonymous.org
Our daughter has an addiction and when we stopped enabling her, the two above groups were of great help to me. She has since stopped all communication and estranged herself from us. The two groups mentioned above have been very helpful to me and there are members in each group who have lost children due to a drug overdose.
For me, there is not a day that goes by that I do not think of our daughter and mourn the loss of her in our lives, but we learn to live our best lives possible while coping with the loss.
Your loss is so new. Continue to reach out for help and you can get through this.
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I am sorry for your loss. My only daughter, 21 years old, was killed by a drunk driver on June 7, 1998. Never get over it, try every day to learn to live with the loss.
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Ty so much for your kind words...I will check in to the meeting...I pray for you and your family..and your daughter to seek help. I to was an addict..did the same thing your daughter did. My mom prayed and prayed..I finally...after 10 + yrs ....hated what I seen in the mirror..I was tired of chasing..( the dragon) what drug users call it. ..meaning they way the drugs made them feel the first time they used..it never happens....hince. chasing the dragon....don't give up hope...you sound like a very good person ..here if you ever need a ear....I live the life of a recovering addict..