A Northern Irish woman has dedicated her life to helping others in mental health and addiction crisis after losing her son to suicide.The death of the teenager, who had struggled with his mental health for years, sent a ripple of devastation through the local community.
She said: "I am a mother of four, and it is no secret that I have been through traumas in my life. I was a widow with four young sons. Eamon had a trauma at the age of eight and a half months old. "I was crying out for help. I knew what was needed for my son, but they had the tools to help me and help Eamon. We were just hitting brick walls. It was affecting the whole family, and through my own training of trauma and addiction, I knew that he would eventually fall into that vicious cycle."It was at this stage that she noticed her son "was in a different world and mindset".
"Our lives were ended for the loss of him, but his pain was over. That was the only comfort I ever kept." "An escape from the drug dealers whom they owed money. An escape from partners and parents who were at their wits end with them. An escape from being a parent. An escape from sleeping on the streets, an escape from their statutory care providers, social workers, probation, courts etc. An escape from the pressures of everyday life.
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