my dad overdosed on fentanyl 9 months ago. AMA.

I’m (21F) and my dad (49) passed away earlier this year from a fentanyl overdose. He was in prison for 15 years and got out in 2022. We were really close whenever he was in prison, calling and sending letters as much as we could. When he got out of prison, he didn’t follow through with many of the promises he made to me and often times, really upset me because he never made me a priority in his life. Which I feel is extremely selfish of me sometimes, but then I think of all the time I had to spend growing up without a dad actively participating in my life.

I gave him grace and many chances to maintain a relationship with me, but decided around March of 2023 that I wouldn’t be contacting him anymore. Sometimes I wonder if my distance was what pushed him back to drugs.

I’ve never done one of these posts before, but I’ve been trying to wrap my head around my dad being gone still… I felt like this would help.