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Telling a child or young person that someone important to them has died is difficult enough. Explaining a death involving drug or alcohol use, whether from substance use, addiction or accidental overdose, can be challenging.

The death of any loved one or friend can bring with it many different and unexpected emotions. However, when someone dies from an overdose the connection to substance use disorder (SUD) and associated stigma can create additional layers of complex emotions, making the death especially difficult to talk about and process.

When someone dies from substance use, explaining it to children and teens can feel overwhelming and intimidating. This is especially true when our urge is to try to protect them from the stigma and shame that can surround this type of death. Here are some tips for talking with children and teens about a death from substance use and ways to support them in their grief.

Here are some possible situations that you may encounter after experiencing a substance use death in your family. Maybe you can practice these with an adult to see if you can come up with your own responses to these questions.

Families and children who have experienced the death of someone important in their lives due to substance use disorder, have a unique set of needs. Along with the trauma of the death itself, the stigma surrounding both grief and the disease of addiction adds layers of complication to this life-changing event.

Hey, let’s talk about something crucial – the way hormones can mix with alcohol and drugs. It’s all about having a good time while making safety a priority!

Macluumaadka Ogaanshaha Alkolada (khamrada)

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موارد التوعية بمخاطر الكحول

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አልኮል (alcohol) መጠጣት ስለሚያመጣቸዉ አደጋዎች እና እነዚሀን አደጋዎች እንዴት

மது அருந்துவதால் விளையும் அபாயங்களைப் பற்றியும், அவற்றை எவ்வாறு குறைப்பது அல்லது தடுப்பது என்பதைப் பற்றியுமான தகவல்கள் அனைத்து ஆஸ்திரேலியர்களுக்கும் தேவை.

ၾသစေၾတးလ်ႏိုင္ငံသားတိုင္း အရက္ေသာက္သံုးမႈ ေၾကာင့္ ျဖစ္ေပၚလာသည့္ ေဘးအႏၱရာယ္မ်ားႏွင့္ ပတ္သက္သည့္ သတင္းအခ်က္အလက္မ်ားႏွင့္ ၎တို႔ကို မည္သို႔ေလွ်ာ့ခ်ရမည္ သို႔မဟုတ္ မည္သို႔ကာကြယ္ရမည္ ကို သိရွိရန္ လိုအပ္သည္။