Has anyone lost a child from a drug overdose? Do we ever heal?

Im so sorry..for your loss. I learn to smile in pain 😢..don't know if I will ever be the same

I do the same thing. Only way I can cope is to act like I am fine….

Thank you so much for your hug🙏❤️

Your so welcome...sending prayers 🙏 your way for strength to get through each day

@jeffroatenberry- You are carrying a lot right now.

As @naturegirl stated you have been provided with a lot of wonderful words and options to try. I hope you have been able to check out the support groups that have been mentioned by @caregiver33. Finding support and connection with others who have experienced what you have is something that can truly help facilitate healing.

The link here is from another discussion @risah started,
• Child loss and coming to terms with life never being the same. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/child-loss-and-coming-to-terms-with-life-never-being-the-same/
@risah, @SusanEllen66, @pml, and @dorita7251951: What are some of the ways you celebrate the ones you have lost?

I lost my first born son on 4/8/2017 due to Fentanyl. The pain never goes away it took me seven years of anxiety attacks to realize he's not coming back. I pray for everyone that's lost a beautiful child.

Im so sorry for the loss of your son. It's destroyed my mental health. Now in aa trying to quit drinking...loosing a child is not the natural order of life. Prayers for all that suffer 🙏 💔

19 days tomorrow..I've lost 25 lbs. Not eating very well...can't sleep..anxiety running wild...oh. and was told today...I need to suck it up..get coping skills...oh and that I needed to start back drinking...coming from a close family member...my mental health is shot...I think I remember why I stay mind altered 24/7...life's a lot harder sober and clean...needed to tell someone...thanks for reading

I have 😪 I'm so sorry for your loss. I also lost my son to a heroine/fentenyl overdose one week after his 33rd birthday. It's going on 5 yrs May 19 2025. I feel like I died that day too. I don't know how to adjust to this new life. They say there's stages to grief y'know...well they're so wrong. I will grieve my boy until the day I can hug him again. I still grab my phone to call him about something funny I saw. I can't put his pictures up because it's too hard and it hurts so, so much. I get overwhelmed with all kinds of emotions. I miss him so much. I've thought suicide many times because the pain in my heart and soul is the same today as it was 5 yrs ago. There is no stage to that y'know.

When I was grieving the loss of my wife I attended a grieving support group and in the group was a woman whose son recently graduated from college. He'd taken a job with a TV station in Denver. Some "friends" convinced him it was safe to eat a marijuana brownie. He did and lapsed into unconsciousness. The grieving group we were in was very good in helping us to understand what we were experiencing. It didn't end the pain and personal suffering, but it helped with understanding. It also helped to let me I wasn't alone. The first grieving group I attended didn't work for me, I left after 3 sessions. On encouragement from a daughter I gave it another try. It was a needed experience. If you haven't already, see what grieving groups are in your area. You'll have a chance to share your story (that really helps. God bless you. Ray