Grief Diaries Surviving Loss by Overdose

Statisticians keep count. Politicians pass laws. Police are overwhelmed. Preachers condemn. Doctors medicate. Business looks at the bottom line.And academia is stymied. Yet the flood of heartache and sorrow continues.Drugs are rampant in todays world yet nobody has answers. We only have stories. Our stories. The stories of our intelligent kind and promising loved ones who fell victim to a villain disguised as pills capsules liquids and powders that overpowered their logic willpower and survival instinct.Surviving Loss by Overdose is a compilation of stories by 12 people who answered 18 questions about losing a loved one to overdose in hopes of raising awareness educating and inviting society to offer survivors the compassion thats often denied in a stigmatized death.