After an overdose loss

Grief after losing someone to an overdose

Losing someone to an overdose brings grief that's tangled up with stigma, unanswered questions, and things the people around you won't talk about.

When people don't make room for it

People go quiet, change the subject, or say things that hurt. Grief that others don't recognize has a name, disenfranchised grief, and it can leave you feeling alone even with people all around you.

Whether you saw it coming or not

For some families, the grieving started long before the death, with years of worry and waiting for the phone to ring. Others never knew how serious it was, and the call came out of nowhere. Either way, we can talk about it.

Anger, guilt, relief, and everything else

Questions with no answers. Things you wish you had said, or hadn't. Nothing you feel is off limits here, and none of it makes you a bad person.

Others in your family

If someone else in your family still drinks or uses, that worry often sits right next to the grief. We can work on how that impacts you too.