Graham loved playing soccer, spending time with family, and hanging out with friends, but everything shifted in sixth grade when he fell in with kids who got into trouble and he began using drugs and alcohol. His struggles deepened over the years as he was bullied for being gay and was introduced to heroin by a childhood friend who later died of an overdose. His mother, Wesley, remembers that when he was sober, he was witty, kind, and strikingly handsome, but under the influence he became someone she barely recognized. At 33, Graham overdosed and died alone, a loss that left Wesley wishing society and government better understood just how much it truly takes to save a child caught in addiction.

Wesley is a co-author of "When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need to Know" (Sterling: 2016)

Further information about Wesley can be found as follows:

https://www.wesleycullendavidson.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/711397302779297

https://bsky.app/profile/wesleygrahamcullen.bsky.social

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wcdwrite/

https://x.com/WesleyCDavidson

https://www.instagram.com/wesleycdavidson/

Camp Good Mourning provides bereavement camp programs for children coping with the death of a parent and/or sibling https://www.campgoodmourning.org/

If you would like to tell your story about an overdose death, please contact Susan Claire at [email protected]

http://grievingoverdosedeath.libsyn.com/

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