Bereavement support is incredibly critical to the healing process after the passing of a family member, friend, or loved one. The organizations below offer safe, comfortable spaces where participants can express themselves and connect with others who have experienced loss.
- Learn to Cope is a peer-led support network that offers education, resources, and hope for family members and friends who have loved ones affected by substance use disorder. Still Learning Still Coping is a peer-support group run by LTC for families who have lost a loved one to substance use disorder, yet still have a loved one struggling.
- Support After Death by Overdose (SADOD) provides resources, information, and assistance to people throughout Massachusetts who have been affected by the death of someone they care about from a substance-use-related cause.
- TeamSharingInc.org is an organization of parents who have lost a child to a substance use disorder. Team Sharing Inc. provides support and companionship to grieving families while working to raise awareness of substance use disorder and its impact on affected communities.
- TheSunWillRise.org offers free peer grief support for those who have experienced the death of someone they care about due to substance-use-related causes. Here is their peer grief group calendar. Register here to get join a group.
- GraspHelp.org is a resource for those who have lost someone from a substance-use-related cause.