When a Loved One Dies of Drug Addiction

Each year, hundreds of thousands die due to drug addiction. Each person who dies leaves someone behind. It can be friends, a wife or husband, children, or other family members. Because so many die from drug addiction ever year, many families are left without a way to remember them. This essay is an attempt to explain why the final chapter happened for the person who passed, how to deal with questions on faith, and, lastly, what we can do to remember the death of the family member.

Because of the high numbers of drug related deaths, perhaps it would be best to state first why they fell into the addiction. In almost every case it is not directly because of the family. The death usually occurs due in part to troubles in adolescence, but the reasons drug addicts pass beyond the actual physical aspects are usually mysteries. Addiction is the reason they died; the reasons to use changed as the addicts changed. The family members can't shoulder the blame for the death. The addicted made the choices. Addicts throughout history have made poor decisions, but these were their decisions-rarely did someone make it for them. The family does not have to know these details, but often they will seek answers