@kristakeller5: Today is her birthday. She would’ve been 39. This will be another birthday that we’ll be visiting her grave instead of laughing over cake and ice cream. So much has changed in these past 6 years. A bad batch of Xanax and she was gone. She was beautiful, she was a mother, she was a daughter, granddaughter, sister, friend. And now she’s gone. She had her demons. We all do. She made her choices and we all have to live with it now. So that’s why I make these posts twice a year. On her birthday and on the day we lost her. Maybe someone needs to hear it. Maybe some parent who is struggling with their own kids addiction, or maybe it’s the addict themselves. There is still time. Don’t give up. If you Love an addict, FIGHT for them. Be mean. Show tough love. Don’t look the other way. Cause a scene, get loud, make them listen. That last year of her life I spent a lot of time looking the other way. I was tired of being the bad guy. Tired of “trying to help someone who doesn’t want to help themselves.” The guilt can consume you. I promise you that if you just look the other way, If you’re too concerned about what others will think or maybe you’re scared about hurting your addict’s feelings or pushing them away and then where will they be? I’ll tell you where. They’ll be in a cemetery. And you’ll be visiting their headstone on their birthday instead of having that cake and ice cream. Addiction is a choice. It’s a choice that has the potential of shattering all the lives around you.

Krista Keller

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Tuesday 10 November 2026 01:32:33 GMT