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Sharing and caring for one another is why we offer Grief Recovery.
In this menu, you'll find articles we have read and/or received from other sources as well as offering insights of our own.
First, we would like to express our sincerest, deepest sympathy to everyone who has experienced the passing of a beloved person because of substances of any kind.
This is the most traumatic of tragedies which, no doubt, has been preceeded by weeks, months or, perhaps, years of emotional heartbreaking turmoil when you have searched, loved and tried to understand and help your special one.
There may have been many times when you have felt absolutely alone in your despair as you struggled through the best way you could… wondering perhaps if you would be able to "weather the storm?"
THEN---- NOW.
You are not alone. There are many, many around you who share similar experiences and are waiting to assist in any way to lovingly, gently bring you through these times.
One thing for sure, we will never stop loving these souls who have departed. And they continue to be part of our lives as we think of them, share memories of them with others as well as ourselves.
These are our very special people who also came into our lives to be cherished and will have left us with some special gifts of learning.
We each have our own unique circumstances and yet we are brought together through a common thread... a bond .
No, you are not alone. We are here.
The following was inspired by an Eskimo legend:
"Perhaps they are not the stars
but rather openings in Heaven
where the love of our lost ones
pours through and shines down upon us
to let us know they are happy."
To hope, to know, to feel that our children, our brothers or sisters, our partners and friends are at last at peace from their torments and are truly well and happy. Isn't this what we wish for them?
Happiness and wellness be with each and every one of us.
If you haven't already looked into the menu item Those Special Days ,we urge you to do so since this will suggest solutions to various seasonal holidays and celebrations throughout the year and also birthdays.
Recently, I discovered a poem which I found to be very inspirational in a practical way to help all of us in bereavement and felt that I must share it with you. There wasn't a title or author.
You can shed tears
that she/he is gone
Or you can smile
because she/he has lived.
You can close your
eyes and pray that
she/he will come back
Or you can open your eyes
and see all that
she/he has left.
Your heart can be
empty because you
can't see her
Or you can be full of
the love that you
shared.
You can turn your
back on tomorrow
and live yesterday
Or you can be happy
for tomorrow because
of yesterday.
You can remember
her/him and only that she/he
is gone
Or you can cherish
her/his memory and let it
live on
You can cry and close
your mind, be empty
and turn your back
Or you can do what
she/he would want:
smile. open your
eyes, love and go on. | 
