Almost a year ago. Chris died on my driveway of a drug overdose and then Mike revived him with Narcan. Here is the link to the blog post at the time. What a Week At the time I felt like something was watching out for him. Something gave him another chance to make different decisions. I say this about Mike all the time. Lost opportunities.
Today we got word that Chris died of a heroin overdose. Mike wasn't there with him this time. I don't know any of the details other than this was the last time. No more opportunities. No more different decisions. No more life. No more struggles with the demons.
Chris is survived by his son and his daughter. He has parents and a sibling. I send them all light and love and hope that those of his loved ones still in the throes of addiction make different choices.
When Mike is incarcerated I tend to be completely out of the loop on this world. I like to reside there...oblivious. I can't change things for anybody. But I can feel sadness for all of them. Addiction only leads three ways. Death, incarceration or recovery. It doesn't only affect the addict. I was rereading the blog post and wondering how I survived some of those weeks.
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