A list of resources for people bereaved by a substance-use death, highlighting several resources in Massachusetts.

1. RESOURCES
GRIEF AFTER A SUBSTANCE-USE DEATH
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SUPPORT GROUP DIRECTORIES
• Massachusetts groups: www.learn2cope.org/grief-resources
• GRASP (national): bit.ly/usgrasp
ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS
• “Team Sharing” closed Facebook groups (Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut):
bit.ly/teamsharingfb
• “Broken No More” closed Facebook group (national):
www.facebook.com/groups/BrokenNoMore
• The Compassionate Friends (www.compassionatefriends.org) closed
Facebook groups:
• For bereaved parents and grandparents: bit.ly/tcfsubstanceloss
• For bereaved siblings: bit.ly/siblingsud
INFORMATION ON GRIEF AFTER SUD
• Bereaved by Addiction: A Booklet for Anyone Bereaved Through Drug
or Alcohol Use: bit.ly/drugfamgrief.*
• From What’s Your Grief:
• “Grief After an Overdose Death” (article & podcast):
• Part 1: bit.ly/griefsud01
• Part 2: bit.ly/griefsud02
• “Surviving the Grief of an Overdose Death” (booklet, $2):
bit.ly/sudbooklet
INFORMATION ON PROVIDING SUPPORT TO BEREAVED PEOPLE
• Bereaved Through Substance Use: Guidelines for Those Whose Work
Brings Them into Contact with Adults Bereaved After a Drug or
Alcohol-Related Death: bit.ly/drugusegrief.*
* These booklets, available free as downloads, are excellent sources of general information
(even though the resources they list are in the U.K.).