Promote Healthy Aging in Finland

Finnish Blue Ribbon has collected experiences of people who have experienced substance abuse related death of a close person. This is a topic where a lot of professional support is needed within a sensitive process of grieving.

"After the death of the Son, I've had time alone. When I told 
my son's death, of course, people asked why  he died. At first, I said: for a
medical condition. Nowadays, I answer directly: He died of subtance abuse."

It may be difficult to tell others about drug-related deaths. Many people experience shame, guilt, feelings of failure, and relief. However, statistically people with these experiences are not alone. Approximately 1,700 Finns die each year in alcohol. Drug related deaths are are at the highest level in the EU.

There are a lot of people who experience the same loss and sorrow. Still, the sorrow caused by the substance abuse is hidden, left untreated and silenced. How can it be identified?

The book Päihdekuolema ja Vaiettu Suru helps to seek approaches to to support these grieving processes.. In the handbook, experts tell you what this sorrow is about and what kind of processes your relatives are going through. The book also compiles reports of people who have been drowned in intoxicants about their experiences, feelings, and progress in life.

The book  provides examples of ways to deal with sorrow and remember the deceased in all ways of life and death.

If you know Finnish you can read it here https://www.ikaantyneidenpaihdetyo.fi/application/files/2815/1298/5399/Sininauhaliitto_Paihdekuolema_ja_vaiettu_suru_2017.pdf Or you canuse on-line translation to read it on your language.

We thank you for your support that makes this work possible!

Links:

• Book Paihdekuolema ja vaiettu suru