Overdoses, one after the other.

I got a call yesterday that a friend of mine OD'ed the other night. She had a daughter. She was a single mom. She had been struggling for years. My heart breaks for her mom, and especially for her little girl. No Mom, no Dad.

This was the BIGGEST factor in my decision to get clean. My daughters father got arrested in August for none other than selling dope, and I absolutely knew that my precious daughter had to have me sober bc I'm all she's got. Who knows if her Dad will get clean...regardless, she needed me at my best. By the grace of God I have 7 months now. I pray every day that I can keep being strong.

I lost my Aunt to a heroin overdose, Nov. 2014, one month before my daughter was born. She was like my 2nd mom. I lost three friends to overdoses April 2015, bringing the total to 13 of my friends or loved ones that have died from drugs or alcohol related deaths. The madness has to stop! Praying for all the families & the addicts that are still out there. May you wake up to see another day. It's never to late to stop.

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Drug addiction or intentional? or both?

Drug addiction; mostly overdoses. Lost three friends so DUI deaths. One friend committed suicide. It's so sad.

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I'm so very sorry to read this post & really can't imagine how you feel. To lose so many people.....

I hope you continue your journey forward in peace

Thank you for the kind words. I pray for the strength to stay sober. I've lost so many people & my daughter cannot loose me.

I haven't lost anyone close to me but I have seen the devastation that drugs and alcohol (addiction), including my own, can cause.

Congratulations on 7 months. It's a huge achievement. I'm going on 9 months and I'm grateful every single day that I could beat my addiction.

Congratulations on 9 months. It is such an amazing feeling to know that you've come so far. It really has empowered me. I feel like I can do anything if I try hard enough now.

my sister's going through something similar right now, very frightening for the whole family.

I know the loss. The monthly phone calls. It's terrible.

I work in a major medical center and am surrounded by inexplicable suffering - users and the grief of family and friends. I've been witness to so much death and gore on account of these drugs and it breaks my heart every time. I'm still amazed I have a heart in there keeping me alive.

I wish the best for everyone to be well.

I give you a lot of credit for stopping for your daughter! I could never stop..not even for my 2 boys.

Its horrible that so many have died that you know..and at the same time..it strengthens your resolve.

Your friend being a single Mom...I would hope this would make the missing Dad become part of his daughters life...or is he passed from addiction as well?

You sound like you have come very far....keep up the great work....Thank you for posting this reminder of what can happen to me if I want to pick up another drink.