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How to cope with judgment after losing a child to overdose

My child died by overdose and people look at me like I failed as a parent, like somehow love should have been enough to save her from addiction.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Society's need to assign blame for addiction transforms the parent's grief into a public trial of their worthiness.

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