TINA COMEAU: My tears and disappointment when people laugh about drug addiction

I was at an event in Halifax. The person speaking was talking about a fellow she knew as a kid. She said as a young man he went on to become a really good baseball player.There is no humour in people struggling with addiction. Nor for their families.

If I could now go back in time and they asked 'Why?' there would be no end to my list of reasons – knowing now what as a family we didn’t know then. If you knew of all of the very dark times that Justin and our family suffered and fought through, you would be shocked that he even made it as far as 21.

My son did not want to die. But an accidental and tragic combination of pills dictated otherwise. He only intended for the pills to help get him through to the next day. Instead, we buried him five days later.

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