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When addiction makes every day feel like potential loss

My sister has been battling addiction for fifteen years and every phone call makes me think this might be the one telling me she overdosed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

To love an addict is to live in permanent anticipatory grief, never knowing if today is the day you lose them.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Anticipatory grief — losing someone before they die?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.