My family was ripped apart by addiction and mental illness. Here is my plea.
As Drug Overdose Deaths Escalate, Opioids Continue to Be the Top KillerSarah KeastHe also struggled with mental illness and heroin addiction. That addiction ultimately killed him.
She called out to him, but there was no answer. She opened the bedroom door and found him blue in the face and chest. She called 911. In 2016, things were going well for the family. Kevin had started a new job as a social worker in palliative care at a hospital across the street from their daughter's school. He had gotten healthy and found a psychiatrist he really clicked with. His medication was working.That summer, Sarah and the two children went to spend two weeks with her parents at their summer cottage, which was their tradition. Because Kevin was still relatively new to his job, he could only join them on weekends.
Her brother-in-law and sister-in-law had already called the police. For 30 minutes, Sarah said, she paced, crying and screaming. The police found him dead in his home. It was Aug. 9, 2016. Sarah believes he died two days earlier.
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