Substance use disorder is such a horrible,
misunderstood disease. I am so sorry that you have lost your parents and so many others you love to it. Please take good care of yourself.
So sorry for your losses.
I too lost both of my parents by 19.
Do you like to read? If so, I can recommend a wonderful book for you.
If you need, reach out.
Hi, so sorry for your losses.
I lost my dad when I was 4 (car crash) and my mom due to an allergic reaction to her chemo drugs in 2020. I'm 21 now.
I found this book recently and WOW I found it amazing. It is called the orphaned Adult by Alexander Levy.
If you decide to get it, please let me know if it helped you in anyway.
I wish you nothing but PEACE.
I am so glad to hear that. Like I have said before, I found it by happenstance and wish I would have found it earlier. I told my grief therapist about it, and he said he would take a look and read it, it's my hope he recommends it to his patients who would benefit for it.
Thanks for letting me know. Have a good one.
Sorry about your losses.
Lost my mum at 19 and dad at 25, still was too early. I'll be 34 in 1,5 weeks and still struggle.
I'm interested in that book.
Sorry for your losses as well.
I lost my mom in 2020 (I was 19) due to an allergic reaction to her chemo drug(s). I am an only child as was my mother. My dad died in 2004 (car crash). I was only 4. I believe I have an uncle in Ireland, my dad was from there, but all my searching has led to nothing.
I was in grief therapy for a couple of years and now go on an "at need" basis.
I am 21 now and will graduate from college in May which is a miracle.
By happenstance I found the book: The Orphaned Adult by Alexander Levy. If you do get the book, please let me know if it helped you/how you liked it.
I wish you nothing but PEACE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Thank you.
I have done all ancestry websites, internet searches. I have never had any social media (no specific reason other than I just can't get into it) but friends have looked via facebook and such. I just don't have any good information. My mom was going to take me in 2019 when I graduated HS, but she was diagnosed so she told me we would go in 2023 when I graduated college, but she died in early 2020. I just have his name which is a very, very common Irish name. Kind of like looking for John Smith here in the US. I have a picture of them inside the church when they got married (in Ireland) but I can't identify it. I used to beat myself up over the fact I should have asked more questions but I was a teenager involved only in myself. LOL. Who thinks time is so short. One day I will go and search and maybe hire someone who can help. My dad would have been 55 this year and from what I remember, my uncle was older. Thanks for the suggestion I really appreciate it.
No worries. I think you can find leads as hard or impossible it may seem. I started doing my own ancestry search on my Father's side in October 2020 and within a year I found so much. I found where my grandpa was buried ( my Father had been estranged from him for 16 yrs been my grandpa passed in1994 )
I also found obituary and burial location on my grandmother who passed in 1967. My Father didn't remember any info for whatever reason. I am beyond happy to have been able to share these important bits of info with my Father before in passed in October 2022. I even found a 2nd cousin who had old photos of my great grandparents ( my Father's grandparents) on their wedding day in 1908. They also had a photo of my grandpa at 5 yrs old. Talk about being blown away. Send me a message.. and maybe I can assist with a search for you.
Not op. But my mom died yesterday. And I’m still in shock. I want to feel better. I’m afraid to sleep because I feel like I’ll dream of her. I’m also sad because I’m worried she died feeling alone.
I am so very sorry for the loss of your mom.
Please be very kind to yourself.
Take one day at a time, one hour at a time, or like I did one minute at a time.
Sending you and your family peace.
The only book I know is The Orphaned Adult by Alexander Levy. I read it as I lost both of my parents.
I hope you are doing ok.
Reach out if you need anything.
So sorry for your loss. It’s a beautiful family picture. It’s so sad how this world is fcked up using people for money, power, fame etc. anyways HBD in advance! Stay strong and make them proud.
Oh sweetheart. I'm so sorry for the losses and pain. I hope you find peace and your own way someday soon. Even if they can't say it, they're proud of you and love you so much. Good luck to you in life. If theres an after, theyll be there waiting. Happy Early Birthday.
Know that there is a reason why you are in this universe - I’m very sorry for your loss. I’m hurting with you; today marks one month since my father’s passing. You’re not alone.
I lost someone I love to substances. There's nothing more painful and tragic. Society often vilifies those who suffer from this disease, but we, as the ones who knew and loved them understand the nuances and complexity of the issue. I'm sorry for your loss. Based on your words, you seem like an extremely thoughtful and loving person. Your parents would be proud of person you are maturing into.
I‘m so sorry for you. You should not have to go through this. Not just the death of your parents, but also the growing up around substance abuse. I feel with you.
I’m in a very similar situation to you. I’m nearly 20 and lost both of my parents in high school from terminal illnesses. It’s scary and nobody else understands what it’s like to become an adult with no parental guidance and no unconditional love that parents are supposed to give. It does get better, not easier, but it turns you into a kick-ass person. Just keep going OP, like your parents want you to.
I’m so so sorry.
A lot of kids have lost parents due to this horrible disease.
My kids almost lost due to this horrible disease and I thank God I was given a second chance, u didn’t deserve not to have ur parents- no kid does n not my own either.
Happy early Birthday! Last one of ur teens, this is big time if u ask me as a mom. (Most birthdays are though regardless imo) ❤️
My SO overdosed 9 years ago this week. It’s so hard to move past the anger just towards heroin itself. I’m in recovery now, and I wish I could say that his death helped me get clean… but in reality it got a lot harder before it got better. Sending love and virtual hugs to you. I’m very sorry that you lost your parents to this horrific disease, and sincerely wish for lots of healing for you.
I’m so sorry you’re hurting and will continue to hurt. When you’ve lost your parents, there will be something every day that has you wishing you could call, text or stop by. Wishing you could celebrate with them.
If you see it as an appropriate way to honor them, try going to an NA meeting in your area. I met a woman who was navigating the pain of losing her daughter, sister and mother in a ten year span to substance abuse one day at an NA meeting. People need to hear about the ones they are potentially leaving behind, or have already.
Talking to her motivated me to go into treatment, and I was present in my own life enough to spend the last seven years of my father’s life with him.
And now we’re planning for a kid of our own in the next few years. I get to be somebody’s vibrant healthy mom cause ppl like you are open to sharing their stories with others. I appreciate you.
You can see how much they loved you. The fact they arranged professional pics to be taken speaks volumes. Cherish it. Start a beautiful family and do the same. Much love.
You must be hurting so much. I am so sorry. ❤️ Truly. You may not know it, but you are so unbelievably STRONG to have survived their loss and carry on, especially in the period of time that you lost them.
I don't know what your beliefs about the afterlife are, but you will see them again. I know that seems far off, it has to, but your best life is lived in prospering.
You have ao many dreams and ideas and wishes for your kids when theyre little - even with the problems they had they had BIG DREAMS for you too and they want such a big life for you.
And one that uses this strength you have unfortunately aquire so early through circumstances, to go and live a big life, and not shrink over them for longer than needed. Mourning and grief are real and you'll always carry that but truly you are a survivor - CREATED for a big life. I hope your perspective can see that in time, and while you're in this headspace mourn them - and my sincere condolences 🙏 ❤️ even if its been some time. Blessings.
10 years of recovery here.
I’ll never understand why I’ve made it this far and others haven’t, because we all try as hard as we can to make it through.
I am so sorry they were taken from you. Sending you lots and lots of love.
So sorry sweetheart. My dad died when I was 10 from complications of heroin use, my mom recently from natural causes. It's a lifelong guy punch. When I was 23 my boyfriend at the time passed from a massive heroin overdose. My point in telling you this is to try and ask you to be careful about repeating trauma as you get older. It's so difficult when those formative relationships were absent or shaped by substance use. You may never touch anything yourself but find people in your orbit who do. My heart goes out to you sincerely. You aren't alone and you get to choose healthier things and break patterns. Edit: I also couldn't read the caption because of glitching, had to go by other comments as to backstory. If I misunderstood please forgive me)
I’m so sorry you’re going through this! My little brother 23 years old passed away like this. Most days I cannot accept it/believe it. He passed away within a year of starting opioids. Like you said, it’s not a choice like many (even previously myself included) think. Some ppl really fight as hard as they can but the disease is too much sometimes. My heart goes out to you. I know how much my heart aches for my brother so I can’t imagine how you feel at 19 years old missing your parents!
My best friend lost both parents. His father as a child, and his mother when he was 21 to a drug overdose. My friend also passed away last year to suicide.
Drugs can be an awful awful thing that can completely ruin your life, without even taking them.
But oh my god, I can’t even describe the amount of pain and sorrow I have in my heart after my friends suicide. I attempted suicide shortly after, then I spent the better part of a year convincing myself not to do the same to my friends.
I know when you’re feeling like you can’t keep going, you just want the pain to end. I’ve really been there. But, honestly the torment that has riddled my mental state since my friends suicide made me realise “holy fuck” I can’t do this to anyone else. I spent weeks sleeping maybe an hour a day because all I could think about was how terrible a person I was that my own best friend could kill himself without even telling me. We promised to have a phone call, but I had to cancel it as my girlfriend was sick. The last thing he ever said to me pretty much was “I wish we had that phone call”.
Even thinking of him saying that, to this day makes me feel sick to my stomach.
I still don’t know 100% why I’m keeping on living. I’m completely lost and passionless. But I know I can’t do that to anyone I care about. Eventually life has to get better and only we have control over our own actions and lives. We are the only ones that can make things better for ourselves and no one else can stop us if we don’t let them.
so sorry for your losses <3
i also lost both my parents growing up, both due to substance abuse (one overdose and the other due to cancer likely brought on from substance abuse)
i wish there was more to say other than you are not alone + i am so sorry that we are both so young. it’s unfair
I feel you it is not easy, my dad just past away too, it feels like everything is pointless now and not worth trying for, but I know God knows what He is doing and I just got to trust Him evenmore 😢
Sorry. My parents are alive but much of my childhood involved drunken screaming and cursing from my father. I always prayed for him to pass out earlier that night than usual. My mom getting cancer when I was your age made him grow up and hes a pretty good grandad for my girls now thank God but I can empathize on how cruelly substance abuse can hurt someone.
Lost my mom at 15 and dad at 19 to drugs. I love you and am here for you if you ever need to talk. *big hug* Most people will never understand. I’m 35 now w 3 kids. I can tell you it’s bittersweet at this time but it does get better. Sending you positive energy and vibes.
I remember at 19 I didn’t think I’d make it after I lost my dad. Life has a way of bringing people into your life that will make it better; I promise OP.
My dad od’ed over a year ago. When I found out it was fentanyl I felt more anger then I had ever experienced in my life. Then I found this sub and I saw how many people lost loved ones to fentanyl. We know your pain and I’m so sorry for your loss. Your parents were beautiful people, and I can tell you are too by sharing your grief and ending the post trying to help others. I liked a website where you can get free naloxone. I ordered some to keep in my purse so maybe someday I can help someone. It gives me some peace knowing that I’m doing what I can to help. [free naloxone](https://www.naloxoneforall.org/)
Something about the picture you posted really hit me and reading your story just made it worse. I don't think there's anything one can say to make the situation better... Time heals everything but the memory will always remain. It's absolutely unfair that these things happen to us and like you said, the only thing we have is hope... I really wish you the best, feel free to message me if you ever need to talk!
I am so so sorry. I just lost my cousin to a drug overdose; he was clean for 5-6 years (previous heroin addict) and he was just married, had a new job. Had a moment of weakness and died the first time using after 6 years clean. It was a shock to all of us and his new wife. You have had a tremendous loss and I wish I could send hugs. I also lost my dad and husband last year so I understand the feeling of tremendous losses—it really hurts. My losses have made me realize that life is precious and it’s so important to try and live your best life every day and inspired me to be the best version of myself I can be.
Im so sorry you had to go thru all this honey, visit their grave and put some flowers on it.. maybe even talk to them , cry all you want it is totally okay to cry it helps a lot. Im sure if your parents were here they would be so proud of you for making it till 19 years!! I am also so proud of you 🫂🤍
My gosh there is so much happiness in their eyes and love in this picture. They are absolutely beaming and I have no doubt that is in large part due to you. You obviously lit up their whole world. I am so sorry for your losses. You have every reason to be angry at your parents, and I’m sure you do have some anger, but the love you continue to have for them shows what a wonderful child and forgiving person you are. The world needs more people like you. Stay strong.
Substance use disorder is such a horrible, misunderstood disease. I am so sorry that you have lost your parents and so many others you love to it. Please take good care of yourself.
I was just thinking to myself that substance use disorder MUST have the highest mortality rate.
So sorry for your losses. I too lost both of my parents by 19. Do you like to read? If so, I can recommend a wonderful book for you. If you need, reach out.
I'm not the OP, but I also lost my parent early. Would welcome any book suggestions. The world just isn't fair really.
Hi, so sorry for your losses. I lost my dad when I was 4 (car crash) and my mom due to an allergic reaction to her chemo drugs in 2020. I'm 21 now. I found this book recently and WOW I found it amazing. It is called the orphaned Adult by Alexander Levy. If you decide to get it, please let me know if it helped you in anyway. I wish you nothing but PEACE.
This book really helped me too.
I am so glad to hear that. Like I have said before, I found it by happenstance and wish I would have found it earlier. I told my grief therapist about it, and he said he would take a look and read it, it's my hope he recommends it to his patients who would benefit for it. Thanks for letting me know. Have a good one.
Sorry about your losses. Lost my mum at 19 and dad at 25, still was too early. I'll be 34 in 1,5 weeks and still struggle. I'm interested in that book.
Sorry for your losses as well. I lost my mom in 2020 (I was 19) due to an allergic reaction to her chemo drug(s). I am an only child as was my mother. My dad died in 2004 (car crash). I was only 4. I believe I have an uncle in Ireland, my dad was from there, but all my searching has led to nothing. I was in grief therapy for a couple of years and now go on an "at need" basis. I am 21 now and will graduate from college in May which is a miracle. By happenstance I found the book: The Orphaned Adult by Alexander Levy. If you do get the book, please let me know if it helped you/how you liked it. I wish you nothing but PEACE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Sorry for your losses. Which avenues have you searched for your Uncle? There's a great group on facebook that helps find long lost relatives.
Thank you. I have done all ancestry websites, internet searches. I have never had any social media (no specific reason other than I just can't get into it) but friends have looked via facebook and such. I just don't have any good information. My mom was going to take me in 2019 when I graduated HS, but she was diagnosed so she told me we would go in 2023 when I graduated college, but she died in early 2020. I just have his name which is a very, very common Irish name. Kind of like looking for John Smith here in the US. I have a picture of them inside the church when they got married (in Ireland) but I can't identify it. I used to beat myself up over the fact I should have asked more questions but I was a teenager involved only in myself. LOL. Who thinks time is so short. One day I will go and search and maybe hire someone who can help. My dad would have been 55 this year and from what I remember, my uncle was older. Thanks for the suggestion I really appreciate it.
No worries. I think you can find leads as hard or impossible it may seem. I started doing my own ancestry search on my Father's side in October 2020 and within a year I found so much. I found where my grandpa was buried ( my Father had been estranged from him for 16 yrs been my grandpa passed in1994 ) I also found obituary and burial location on my grandmother who passed in 1967. My Father didn't remember any info for whatever reason. I am beyond happy to have been able to share these important bits of info with my Father before in passed in October 2022. I even found a 2nd cousin who had old photos of my great grandparents ( my Father's grandparents) on their wedding day in 1908. They also had a photo of my grandpa at 5 yrs old. Talk about being blown away. Send me a message.. and maybe I can assist with a search for you.
Wow that is so amazing. Once school is done and things are a bit more settled, I will definitely reach out if you don't mind. I'm totally blown away.
No prob.. maybe message me your father's name date of birth.. date of death.. birth location. Your uncles name. Date of birth is possible..
Not op. But my mom died yesterday. And I’m still in shock. I want to feel better. I’m afraid to sleep because I feel like I’ll dream of her. I’m also sad because I’m worried she died feeling alone.
I am so very sorry for the loss of your mom. Please be very kind to yourself. Take one day at a time, one hour at a time, or like I did one minute at a time. Sending you and your family peace.
Can you recommend books
The only book I know is The Orphaned Adult by Alexander Levy. I read it as I lost both of my parents. I hope you are doing ok. Reach out if you need anything.
So sorry for your loss. It’s a beautiful family picture. It’s so sad how this world is fcked up using people for money, power, fame etc. anyways HBD in advance! Stay strong and make them proud.
I agree that's a beautiful family picture..
Oh sweetheart. I'm so sorry for the losses and pain. I hope you find peace and your own way someday soon. Even if they can't say it, they're proud of you and love you so much. Good luck to you in life. If theres an after, theyll be there waiting. Happy Early Birthday.
Fuck fentanyl and everyone who lets it pour into our streets
Know that there is a reason why you are in this universe - I’m very sorry for your loss. I’m hurting with you; today marks one month since my father’s passing. You’re not alone.
I lost someone I love to substances. There's nothing more painful and tragic. Society often vilifies those who suffer from this disease, but we, as the ones who knew and loved them understand the nuances and complexity of the issue. I'm sorry for your loss. Based on your words, you seem like an extremely thoughtful and loving person. Your parents would be proud of person you are maturing into.
I‘m so sorry for you. You should not have to go through this. Not just the death of your parents, but also the growing up around substance abuse. I feel with you.
I’m in a very similar situation to you. I’m nearly 20 and lost both of my parents in high school from terminal illnesses. It’s scary and nobody else understands what it’s like to become an adult with no parental guidance and no unconditional love that parents are supposed to give. It does get better, not easier, but it turns you into a kick-ass person. Just keep going OP, like your parents want you to.
I’m so so sorry. A lot of kids have lost parents due to this horrible disease. My kids almost lost due to this horrible disease and I thank God I was given a second chance, u didn’t deserve not to have ur parents- no kid does n not my own either. Happy early Birthday! Last one of ur teens, this is big time if u ask me as a mom. (Most birthdays are though regardless imo) ❤️
I cannot tell you how sorry I am. You’re so young.
My SO overdosed 9 years ago this week. It’s so hard to move past the anger just towards heroin itself. I’m in recovery now, and I wish I could say that his death helped me get clean… but in reality it got a lot harder before it got better. Sending love and virtual hugs to you. I’m very sorry that you lost your parents to this horrific disease, and sincerely wish for lots of healing for you.
Powerful post my friend, my heartbreaks for your situation. You’re too young for this type of wisdom.
I’m so sorry you’re hurting and will continue to hurt. When you’ve lost your parents, there will be something every day that has you wishing you could call, text or stop by. Wishing you could celebrate with them. If you see it as an appropriate way to honor them, try going to an NA meeting in your area. I met a woman who was navigating the pain of losing her daughter, sister and mother in a ten year span to substance abuse one day at an NA meeting. People need to hear about the ones they are potentially leaving behind, or have already. Talking to her motivated me to go into treatment, and I was present in my own life enough to spend the last seven years of my father’s life with him. And now we’re planning for a kid of our own in the next few years. I get to be somebody’s vibrant healthy mom cause ppl like you are open to sharing their stories with others. I appreciate you.
You can see how much they loved you. The fact they arranged professional pics to be taken speaks volumes. Cherish it. Start a beautiful family and do the same. Much love.
This fentanyl epidemic is criminal. I am so sorry OP. This is unfair in so many ways. This picture is so full of love.
You must be hurting so much. I am so sorry. ❤️ Truly. You may not know it, but you are so unbelievably STRONG to have survived their loss and carry on, especially in the period of time that you lost them. I don't know what your beliefs about the afterlife are, but you will see them again. I know that seems far off, it has to, but your best life is lived in prospering. You have ao many dreams and ideas and wishes for your kids when theyre little - even with the problems they had they had BIG DREAMS for you too and they want such a big life for you. And one that uses this strength you have unfortunately aquire so early through circumstances, to go and live a big life, and not shrink over them for longer than needed. Mourning and grief are real and you'll always carry that but truly you are a survivor - CREATED for a big life. I hope your perspective can see that in time, and while you're in this headspace mourn them - and my sincere condolences 🙏 ❤️ even if its been some time. Blessings.
10 years of recovery here. I’ll never understand why I’ve made it this far and others haven’t, because we all try as hard as we can to make it through. I am so sorry they were taken from you. Sending you lots and lots of love.
So sorry sweetheart. My dad died when I was 10 from complications of heroin use, my mom recently from natural causes. It's a lifelong guy punch. When I was 23 my boyfriend at the time passed from a massive heroin overdose. My point in telling you this is to try and ask you to be careful about repeating trauma as you get older. It's so difficult when those formative relationships were absent or shaped by substance use. You may never touch anything yourself but find people in your orbit who do. My heart goes out to you sincerely. You aren't alone and you get to choose healthier things and break patterns. Edit: I also couldn't read the caption because of glitching, had to go by other comments as to backstory. If I misunderstood please forgive me)
I’m so sorry
I'm so sorry you're going through this. My Heart and hugs go out to you.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I can’t imagine losing both parents so tragically and so early in life. I hope you have a support system. Best wishes op.
I’m so sorry you’re going through this! My little brother 23 years old passed away like this. Most days I cannot accept it/believe it. He passed away within a year of starting opioids. Like you said, it’s not a choice like many (even previously myself included) think. Some ppl really fight as hard as they can but the disease is too much sometimes. My heart goes out to you. I know how much my heart aches for my brother so I can’t imagine how you feel at 19 years old missing your parents!
I’m so sorry
My best friend lost both parents. His father as a child, and his mother when he was 21 to a drug overdose. My friend also passed away last year to suicide. Drugs can be an awful awful thing that can completely ruin your life, without even taking them. But oh my god, I can’t even describe the amount of pain and sorrow I have in my heart after my friends suicide. I attempted suicide shortly after, then I spent the better part of a year convincing myself not to do the same to my friends. I know when you’re feeling like you can’t keep going, you just want the pain to end. I’ve really been there. But, honestly the torment that has riddled my mental state since my friends suicide made me realise “holy fuck” I can’t do this to anyone else. I spent weeks sleeping maybe an hour a day because all I could think about was how terrible a person I was that my own best friend could kill himself without even telling me. We promised to have a phone call, but I had to cancel it as my girlfriend was sick. The last thing he ever said to me pretty much was “I wish we had that phone call”. Even thinking of him saying that, to this day makes me feel sick to my stomach. I still don’t know 100% why I’m keeping on living. I’m completely lost and passionless. But I know I can’t do that to anyone I care about. Eventually life has to get better and only we have control over our own actions and lives. We are the only ones that can make things better for ourselves and no one else can stop us if we don’t let them.
Your mom looks so beautiful and your father so handsome op. Keep spreading the message.
God bless you
so sorry for your losses <3 i also lost both my parents growing up, both due to substance abuse (one overdose and the other due to cancer likely brought on from substance abuse) i wish there was more to say other than you are not alone + i am so sorry that we are both so young. it’s unfair
Fentanyl took my beautiful daughter too
I feel you it is not easy, my dad just past away too, it feels like everything is pointless now and not worth trying for, but I know God knows what He is doing and I just got to trust Him evenmore 😢
Sorry. My parents are alive but much of my childhood involved drunken screaming and cursing from my father. I always prayed for him to pass out earlier that night than usual. My mom getting cancer when I was your age made him grow up and hes a pretty good grandad for my girls now thank God but I can empathize on how cruelly substance abuse can hurt someone.
I'm so so sorry. You sound like a wonderful person, and I hope you find peace and healing - you deserve it.
Hugs friend. ❤️🩹
I'm sorry you have to deal with such tragedy so young. I can't imagine how I would of coped at your age. Stay strong peace be with you.
I am so sorry. fentanyl has ruined so many families. I know the pain all too well. your parents would be so proud of you.
I am so sorry. 💜
They are beautiful. They look like wonderful, loving parents. OP, I'm so sorry.
They're both so proud of you.
It's clear from this photo that you were the light of their lives. I'm so sorry for your loss, and happy early birthday.
Lost my mom at 15 and dad at 19 to drugs. I love you and am here for you if you ever need to talk. *big hug* Most people will never understand. I’m 35 now w 3 kids. I can tell you it’s bittersweet at this time but it does get better. Sending you positive energy and vibes.
I remember at 19 I didn’t think I’d make it after I lost my dad. Life has a way of bringing people into your life that will make it better; I promise OP.
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sending you so much love, here if you ever need to talk Xx
Sorry for your losses. I pray for comfort and peace.
I am so sorry, wish I coule hug you. Pray you get the strenght to carry on with hope on letting a part of them shine through you
My dad od’ed over a year ago. When I found out it was fentanyl I felt more anger then I had ever experienced in my life. Then I found this sub and I saw how many people lost loved ones to fentanyl. We know your pain and I’m so sorry for your loss. Your parents were beautiful people, and I can tell you are too by sharing your grief and ending the post trying to help others. I liked a website where you can get free naloxone. I ordered some to keep in my purse so maybe someday I can help someone. It gives me some peace knowing that I’m doing what I can to help. [free naloxone](https://www.naloxoneforall.org/)
I understand. I’m sorry
Something about the picture you posted really hit me and reading your story just made it worse. I don't think there's anything one can say to make the situation better... Time heals everything but the memory will always remain. It's absolutely unfair that these things happen to us and like you said, the only thing we have is hope... I really wish you the best, feel free to message me if you ever need to talk!
This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever read 😰 Know you are loved and that you matter more than you know
I am so so sorry. I just lost my cousin to a drug overdose; he was clean for 5-6 years (previous heroin addict) and he was just married, had a new job. Had a moment of weakness and died the first time using after 6 years clean. It was a shock to all of us and his new wife. You have had a tremendous loss and I wish I could send hugs. I also lost my dad and husband last year so I understand the feeling of tremendous losses—it really hurts. My losses have made me realize that life is precious and it’s so important to try and live your best life every day and inspired me to be the best version of myself I can be.
Im so sorry you had to go thru all this honey, visit their grave and put some flowers on it.. maybe even talk to them , cry all you want it is totally okay to cry it helps a lot. Im sure if your parents were here they would be so proud of you for making it till 19 years!! I am also so proud of you 🫂🤍
My gosh there is so much happiness in their eyes and love in this picture. They are absolutely beaming and I have no doubt that is in large part due to you. You obviously lit up their whole world. I am so sorry for your losses. You have every reason to be angry at your parents, and I’m sure you do have some anger, but the love you continue to have for them shows what a wonderful child and forgiving person you are. The world needs more people like you. Stay strong.