Can you describe the sadness?

[strateguy632]

in healthy families, when a parent dies, the children feel sad. if this happened to you, what was your story?

how did you feel when a parent died?

how did you handle it?

was it a struggle to avoid alcohol? or different reaction?

disclaimer my family wasn't "healthy family".

[Likes2drive]

My mom died when I was 38 but I already had a family of my own so I wasn’t really that young and at least had other people around me to deal with it but it was really sad , i’ve had other deaths in the family that were even worse but I never turned to drinking or drugs to deal with it mostly just talking to friends and family about it

[strateguy632]

and now the icing on the cake... britannica, that pretends to be a data source, added to facts that "george floyd opioid addiction" was because "his mother died". that is how far media bias destroyed everything around us!
i just needed the added comfort steps first, because i respect that death hurts.

[Bricealan]

When my mother died, I developed a depression that evolved into an eating disorder, that lasted 10 years... and could have caused my death.

I did not handle very well, I was running and competing at that point.

I did start drinking, but not to excess

Plus, like many, was in a dysfunctional unit.

[IslaTheWitch]

When my mom passed away I didn't handle it well and needed the support of a psychologist to go through it. I didn't need alcohol or other drugs but I took a year long break from work to recover...

[strateguy632]

your story is common because we feel the loss. may she rest in peace.