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    1. CruzVQ 23 Jul 2020
      Thefamily becomes exhausted and, strange though it may seem,begins to prepare for the worst. It was like that in my family.There were four siblings, two men and two women, my fatherand my mother. Only he, the baby brother, the most protectedand loved one chose to use drugs. My parents suffered a lotwhen he left for good, because actually he had been graduallyleaving us for a long time. For us (siblings) it was hard, too,but we got married, remember him with longing every nowand then, but we got back on our feet. It was much worse formy parents; they felt guilty, when he died the pain increased.The situation is better now, I think they are more relieved,but they won't confess to it. Living with a drug dependentis very hard, I did to him everything I could and also what Icouldn't. Then I eventually I realized that one share was his todo, but h

      This quote is interesting because it shows the thinking behind why it can bring relief to the family. "Because actually he had been gradually leaving us for a long time." The family will notice when the individual is not themselves anymore, in a way it is as if the individual had "died" even before he actually did. This is because the family expects the individual in someway to overdose, either accidentally or on purpose. The topic of overdosing is one the families mind. When the individual does die it brings relief because they no longer have to worry about that person and the stress that they experienced goes away.

    2. CruzVQ 23 Jul 2020
      The users were often togetherwith other users (friends, family members or sexual partners)who often provided help. The interviewees also stated thatthey would not look for help at health services for fear ofbeing mistreated or reported to the polic

      This is a problem not just in Brazil, but in the United States as well. Often times people do not want to seek health services because of this same reason. In Utah the main library in Salt Lake City provides free narcan nasal spray to the public without being reported due to the high amount of overdoses in this state. In other states, they have implemented programs such as a clean needle exchange and a safe place to do these drugs. This is highly controversial though because some people think that it is just "encouraging" the public to do these dangerous drugs.

    3. CruzVQ 23 Jul 2020
      The searchfor many concomitant treatments, the disappearance of theuser for many days, the frantic search in morgues, hospi-tals, friends' houses, the disappearance of objects from thehouse become part of the family routine. After some time,the exhausted family gives everything up and expects theworst. "The family becomes exhausted and, strange thoughit may seem, begins to prepare for the worst." Accordingto some authors, this is a way for the family to keep theirbalance and conceal other problems and dissatisfactions inthe family core (Stanton 1977, Stanton & Todd 1988)

      When the families know of the drug abuse, they partially just adapt to the problem. After it has continued on for a while, the family has tried everything they can and they must find a way to 'live' with the problem. The families can only do so much for the individual before they realize that their attempts will not do anything. So this is where the adaption to the problem comes in.

    4. CruzVQ 23 Jul 2020
      A study in the Monthly Vital Statistics Reportin the USA (National Center for Health Statistics 1984)reported that the initial sadness due to sudden death is moreintense than that due to a prolonged and natural death. It ismore difficult to deal with the loss when the death is sud-den. Sudden death, however, does not entail long periods ofstress as is the case of deaths after long-lasting diseases. It isnot uncommon that long-lasting diseases bring the terminalpatient the wish to die, as well as the family's wish that thepatient would die (Shanfield, Benjamin & Swain 1984)

      An overdose can cause the family to feel relief when the drug abuser dies because it relieves them of the stress that they had when the abuser was alive. Compared to those that die of natural causes, while it isn't as difficult to deal with because it is expected, the amount of stress that is created is much more intense. Families that know of the individual abusing drugs can expect an overdose to happen and it makes it easier for them to live with when it happens or if it happens.

    5. CruzVQ 23 Jul 2020
      The reports show thatsecrecy regarding drug use followed by death by overdosearouses feelings of anger, guilt, helplessness, and deprives thefamily members of information that could allow them to takeaction. As regards families that were aware of the drug use,there seems to be a "veiled preparation" for a possible deathby overdose, bringing about ambivalent situations of grief andrelief. The report stresses how disturbing it is to lose a familymember by overdose, and points to the need for psychologicalsupport for those families.

      This notation will be useful to me because I will be able to show families are impacted by the death of someone in their family due to an overdose. It is interesting how the two different types of families respond to an overdose depending on whether they knew about the drug use or not.

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