Joshua Pitts

knows it is hard for families to cope with the tormenting thoughts associated with loving someone who is addicted. He also knows that denial, secrets and codependency doesn’t help anyone. “Secrets kill people and skating around the hard truth doesn’t help anyone.”

What if?

What if he / she overdoses?

What if he / she dies?

What if I could just keep them safe here at home?

What if I lay next to them morning, noon, and night… what if….what if I can save them?

“What if’s are sad. It’s very unfortunate but people do die living this lifestyle. Accepting that you cannot fix the issue for them is really hard. And accepting that sometimes loved ones die in this lifestyle is really hard too. Like any other grief process families go through - that loss -regardless of what took their person’s life; be it drugs and any other life taking cause; understanding and accepting that it is not their fault and they couldn’t change it no matter how bad they want to is how they can start to heal.”