Have you lost a loved one due to cocaine addiction? In 2014, there are 207,400 drug-related overdose deaths reported.
Some families have been defeated by drug addiction when one of their family members succumbed to a drug overdose. Cocaine addiction is one of the leading causes of drug-related deaths in the United States. Substance use disorder is taking many lives each year. When a loved one dies from cocaine abuse, the family is left broken and hurt. They will be living with the stigma that they have lost their child, brother, sister, mother or father to drugs. For families who suffered losing a loved one to addiction, remember that there is help available for you. 1.“GRASP”- Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing “Anyone who has lost a loved one through addiction knows that society treats that death in a much different manner than a death from any other cause. There is the unspoken feeling that the individual who succumbed to drugs must have somehow been less than a good person. And for the person who has survived, surely they too must have somehow been a failure, for “letting this occur.” Why were they not strong enough to stop this from happening? You were, they feel, in whatever way, partially a factor in the demise of the person you grieve.” GRASP was founded by Russ and Pat Wittberger to provide help, resources, understanding and compassion to all families and individuals who have lost a loved one due to substance addiction such as cocaine addiction. 2.“BP/USA”- Bereaved Parents of the USA It is a national non-profit, self-help organization that was built to offer support, understanding, compassion and hope to the affected families of the deceased individual due to substance addiction. It aims to provide help in rebuilding their lives after the tragic death of their children, grandchildren or siblings. 3.The Compassionate Friends “The Compassionate Friends is about transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope. It takes people out of the isolation society imposes on the bereaved and lets them express their grief naturally. With the shedding of tears, healing comes. And the newly bereaved get to see people who have survived and are learning to live and love again,” its website states. Bereaved families may also find support with The Compassionate Friends. It has over 660 locations where members provide help, guidance and emotional support to the families affected by the death of their family who battled cocaine addiction so they can restart their lives again. 4.Read books that offer support and enlightenment. These books are great help that offers inspirations and strength to people who have lost their loved one through alcohol and drug abuse, including heroin, meth, prescription painkillers or coke abuse.
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