By Joe PlumeriOriginal Source: nydailynews.com

When my son Christian died, we told everyone the cause of death was an enlarged heart. The truth is he died of his addiction to drugs. His battle with addiction started at age 14. He struggled for years, and then he was gone by 40.

I make it sound so straightforward and simple. It wasn’t, but there is a simple fact hiding here: He needed help, I couldn’t provide it, he died.

No one should ever have to live with this terrible truth. No parent should ever have to bury a child.

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