I mostly write to vent but I really appreciate the responses. So many are so kind and heave thier won stories, like you. Some are just creeps and blame it on me as my family did. I can ignore them though.

My heart goes out to you. Was she using heroin? I don't want to dredge up sad memories for you. But, how do you cope?

Kristi Keller writes a lot about grief since she's lost her son. She has a grief newsletter.

My daughter used heroin before her last hospitalization and messed up her heart and got the MRSA. Those afflictions will never go away. She's lucky to be alive.

I've written a lot about her but it may be too painful for you to read.

I am so sorry for you. A child should not go before a parent.