Fentanyl has killed more than 1,100 people in North Texas since 2021. As part of our series examining the impact of the deadly drug in our community, we asked...
Stefan Giroux, the father of my daughter, was recently affected by fentanyl. He took one pill of “blues” and overdosed. He died Aug. 1.My son, a recovering heroin addict, died from fentanyl poisoning on Jan. 20, 2022. The mother of his two children, not an addict, bought a “Percocet” from a friend about six months later. She just wanted to sleep. She missed my son so desperately and just cried all night, every night. She died from fentanyl poisoning on July 28, 2022.
I have never been the same after losing Angelina. It took losing Angelina for me to see what was really going on and how not everybody knows about this epidemic of fentanyl claiming the lives of so many people.Making the decision to share my daughter’s story was not an easy one. Due to the stigma that exists in our society regarding drug use, I did not want my daughter to be judged for the choice that took her life.
My daughter struggled with mental health issues and substance use. She attempted treatment for her issues several times, but the drugs had hold of her, and she could not get away. She was also in a relationship that was not conducive to her desire to be healthy. She knew the dangers of fentanyl and never would have knowingly taken it. She trusted the wrong person, and it cost her life.
Kaden struggled with the death of his dad all his life. He lived with me and my husband off and on, trying to find his purpose. Kaden eventually moved in with us for good in early January 2021, along with his girlfriend and their newborn baby, Dean. Kaden was working for my husband’s pool company, and I convinced him to go back to school and get his diploma.
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