Hello, and welcome to our blog. July 15, 2017, our brother Luke passed away. After ten years clean, he sadly succumbed to his heroin addiction and overdosed. August 19, 2017 would have been Luke’s 34 th birthday. There is a space in all of our hearts that will be missing Luke on this day. We propose that we use our heartbreak to better this world! Here is the idea: Pick an activity from the following link in remembrance of Luke: https://august-nineteenth.blogspot.com/2017/08/ideas-to-honor-luke.html Work together or on your own to do one or several of these on or around August 19 th . Remember to keep Luke, our family, and all the drug addicted in your prayers. Then, kindly email us any thoughts or pictures you have from that day so we can all see what was done. After we receive them, we will post them to this blog, so check back. Feel free to share this! This world could use more love and kindness and Luke would be honored for us t...
I am an RN who is also an addict. Alcohol and prescription medications with 5 years of recovery. I worked for a short time at SpiritLife where I met Luke. The day I met him, he offered me some of his famous tiramisu. After we first opened, Luke filled in a 12 hour counselor night shift. We only had one patient that night, so Luke and I basically sat down one on one and talked. All night long. What a fantastic person I met! We talked of our common bond experiences with addiction. He talked all night about his family, his addiction and recovery, and growing up in a household amid 6 sisters. He spoke about moving to the Midwest and having been previously engaged, and how his addiction destroyed his dream. He spoke all about his work in Cenecolo, I heard all about Mexico, Italy, and Alabama. He spoke so fondly about Leo. He showed me pictures all night long as he spoke of everyone he loved. I grew up in a household as the oldest child with 3 brothers. By the next morning, I felt like I ha...