Losing My Son to Addiction: One Year Later

It’s been 10 months since I wrote “He’s Gone: A Mother’s Nightmare,” ever closer to that one-year mark. Some people call it an “angelversary.” How do you celebrate the anniversary of the death of the person you loved most in this world? I watched my son spiral out of control with marijuana, acid, alcohol, and finally heroin. He couldn’t battle the demon addiction on his own, and so it swept him away.