Mimi's Drug Problem Essay

I got home from football practice at 6pm, just like I did every other day. As I walked inside I could immediately tell something was wrong. Everyone was dead silent, my entire family gathered in the living room. It was then that I was delivered the worst news that I had ever received. My grandma, who I called Mimi, had over-dosed the previous night and passed away. When I received the news I was only 15, but still remember it like it was yesterday. Up until this moment I had known a little about Mimi’s drug problem. I knew she was addicted to pills, but I never really understood what it meant. I do now. I know she was on Oxycodone and other pain killers. I know that she was over-prescribed and she needed help that she never got. Mimi and I had a very close

There would be long periods of time where wouldn’t see her because my family would not want me around her while she was on the pills. I would have to wait until she started to become clean to see her. I remember leaving my house one day and seeing her car completely flipped over about half a mile down the road, glass everywhere. I did not see Mimi for a long time after that. That is when I began to realize that this was a serious problem, but I was still too young to fully understand what was going on. Towards the end of her life, she was beginning to get clean again. I began to see her regularly again and things were going back to the way they were, Before. She began staying over again, and I was spending time with her on a regular basis. Her whole drug problem was over, or so I thought. When somebody dies, there's nothing you, or anyone else can do to fix or resolve it, but it changes you. This was the first time I lost somebody close to me. You begin to think back to what you used to do with them, and what the last thing you said to them was. You realize that you never really know how much longer you will have with