The Overdose Crisis: Let’s Keep Talking
Two and a half years later and there are more deaths now than ever. No words; just sorrow.
With National Addictions Awareness Week coming up, my mind has been on the overdose crisis again. Actually, the crisis is something I think about all the time since I work in this field as a mental health and substance use counsellor in our local community.
As a team, we’ve lost many people to overdose. I watch the amazing team I work with struggle with the pain of lost lives. We know the hearts and souls of these folks who have become statistics in the media; these are folks who have shared their stories, hopes, dreams, and some of their darkest and most traumatic moments with us.
The clients I work with come from families just like ours. I know none of them want to live this way, to be a slave to a substance that, at any moment, could end their life. I see posts from Moms Stop The Harm
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