her mom is an incredible lady, so sorry for her loss

As someone in long term recovery I just wanted to say that whole chasing the dragon thing isn’t really correct. It quickly stops being an urge to get high and becomes an urge to not be sick. And to remain numb from what you have to do to not be sick. That’s why I can not urge people enough to NOT START. No one takes that first pill wanting to be a junkie, you just turn around one day and realize you are. But take it from me. I was a real addicts addict. I’d addict a ham sandwich is given the opportunity. I sold my soul, and then sold souls I lied about having multiple times. For years I put myself and my loved ones throu hell. I lost everything. But one day I just got really f*ckin tired of being sick and tired and I went into rehab ( for like the 8th time) really wanting to be sober. And it was a lot of work. But here I am. 7 years later with a home, a husband, three beautiful girls. This passed week I had to go with the rest of the PTA board and was put on our business account?!?! Me! I’m still thinking about how crazy that is! We do recover!

Victoria became one of my first best friends whenever I moved to Watson/Denham Springs. I met her in elementary school at Live Oak and we continued staying best friends until the very end. A couple of months before she passed I allowed her to stay a week at my house so I knew she would be safe and away from all the drugs. One morning I woke up and she was gone and I never heard from her again until I got a phone call about her passing. She wanted so bad to be clean and sober not just for herself but for her son and for her family. I will say she fought very hard but the addiction was stronger. I love and miss Victoria so much and will forever cherish my times I got to have with her. I lost two of my childhood best friends in 2022 two months apart from each other from overdosing on fentanyl and it kills me bc now I don’t have my best friends anymore. Only thing that makes me happy is knowing they’re struggle is over with and that they’re both at peace and happy!

I love y’all so much Meagan and Victoria! I will forever keep both of y’all’s memory alive and y’all both will forever stay in my heart until I get to see y’all again in heaven and what a joyous day that will be!! My two guardian angels 🩷💜😇😇

I’ve been sober for 13 years.  Started using my moms Dilaudid’s after she passed away to numb the sadness of her dying.  That moved to getting anything I could to feed my body to prevent sickness.  It got to me buying 100 mg Fentanyl patches, cutting them up and sucking on the pieces.  Harm reduction saved my life.  The addiction counseller cried upon my intake and told me, if you don’t stop, you’re 15 mth old will be an orphan 😢. The only thing that got me to stop is CAS threatening to take my kid….I was literally at the courthouse and they were planning on taking him and placing him with family.  I somehow got the Caseworker to give me one last chance and I finally took my sobriety seriously.  Opioids are the devil’s drug 👹 Harm reduction saves lives.  I’ve been clean since Jan 2010, my son is now 15 ❤

The fear of withdrawal keeps them in. Keeps us in.

Ex addict here…”chasing the dragon’’ is inhaling heroin from a piece of tin foil heated with a lighter.

My daughter who was a chemist with an Ivy League degree has left everything.15 years now.

I feel so bad for the parents  with addict kids    it must be so stressful. And the only mind relief is when kid is in jail

I know your pain all to well..William 12/27/88 - 6/3/20..my heart is broken watching the Demon unfold and destroy families..Forever loved my child...

I remember Victoria as a young girl. Her & her younger brother used to come shop in the store I managed. Her baby brother wanted to be a cowboy & I managed a western store, so they were there often. I’m so sad to hear of her passing! She was such a sweet & beautiful girl. The entire family were just incredible people. Just goes to show you, addiction doesn’t care who you are, what your background is, your gender, race, economic status…..it doesn’t care if you come from a wonderful family. My heart goes out to this family. This hits so close to home on so many levels. Not just having known Victoria as a small child, but because I too have an adult daughter who has been in active addiction for over 10 years now. I know exactly what the mother meant when she said seeing her child’s name on the jail roster gave her peace. I too have been that parent. I keep preparing myself for the call this family got & I pray it never comes. My heart is with you all.

This family did everything right. I have been clean and sober for 33 years now. If you keep enabling the addict they will never get help. You have to let them go and hope that they get in enough pain to want help. Bless your family. I am glad you have her son and he is loved and happy.

I lost my 23 year old granddaughter to fentanyl.  It is so senseless.  It is so sad to lose a young person to drugs.

Everything Victoria's mama is saying resonates SO SO deeply with me . I didn't have a supporting family during my addiction; I was left to raise my kids alone , to help myself, my family just couldn't cope . after the worst 6 years of my entire life I just did it, after meeting the most amazing and supportive (non drug using man) who never forced me ,but waited until I was ready. I went on the buvidal (subutex) shot in September 2021 and  have been clean ever since.

We do recover.

Sending thoughts and prayers to Victoria's family,
In particular her Mama (who looks SO like her😮) and who did everything right , absolutely EVERYTHING
Her son ,her daddy and her amazing sister too .
You all did everything right,
I hope that you are reading this ❤❤

She had good parents who did the right thing. I know we only get a piece of her story in a 12 min video. It doesn't look like she was enabled by family members. I can't even imagine how hard this must be 🖤

I'm so very sorry you lost your daughter.  Addiction is a family disease.  It's horrific to go through.  

My son is a meth/heroin addict.  He went to treatment and started using as soon as he was home.  A year went by.  He went to jail for 3 months and has never used again.  That was almost 3 yrs ago.  I know how lucky he is that he is able to stay clean.  It's hard work.  I feel blessed to still have him.

By not bailing her out you did a great job be proud of yourself mom tough love is the hardest I'm so proud of you much love from Canada xo

As a parent of two young boys it scares the fuck out of me we just have to keep them alive our precious children😢

I’m so sorry for the loss of this beautiful woman. Even those that survive don’t always come out on the good side. I’m a nurse in a nursing home and I’ve seen patients admitted because they survived an overdose, but the resulting brain damage left them permanently disabled and sometimes vegetative. It’s heartbreaking.

I am so sorry for your loss.  Please accept my condolences for your loss of this beautiful daughter and vibrant member of your family.

I'm so, so sorry for your loss...I literally cried when you said, she said she was broken....😢
Addiction DOES NOT care who you are...
May your family find peace. Thank you for sharing Victoria's story...🙏❤️🌹