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When grief leads to addiction or self-destructive behavior

I started drinking heavily after my daughter died two years ago and I know she would not want this for me but I cannot seem to stop numbing the pain.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The parent seeks obliteration of unbearable feeling, even when they recognize the betrayal of their child's hopes for them.

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