🛡️ Student Mental Health Series *coming soon
Course overview
Lesson Overview

8.09 – Coping with Someone Else’s Overdose: When someone you care about dies from an overdose, the emotions can be complicated. Alongside grief, you may feel anger, shame, or frustration at the circumstances. Addiction is a disease, not a choice, yet it often leaves survivors tangled in blame. Allow yourself to mourn the person, not just the way they died. Remember who they were before the struggle and how they made you feel. Grieving someone lost to addiction means learning to separate love from guilt. You don’t have to justify your pain or hide your tears. Sharing memories and learning more about substance use can help transform judgment into empathy. The hardest part is realizing you can’t change the past, but you can choose to honor their memory through understanding. Healing begins when compassion replaces blame, both toward them and toward yourself.

About this course

Trauma-informed mental wellness lessons that help students manage emotions, build resilience, and stay safe in real-world situations—like bullying, grief, violence, and poverty. Built for schools, youth programs, and Medicaid-compliant services.

This course includes:
  • Step-by-step guidance for handling social pressure, conflict, and unsafe situations
  • Stories and messages that encourage students to speak up, stay safe, and take control of their future
  • Flexible learning options for classrooms, after-school programs, and independent use

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