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Recovery for Parents Dealing with Addiction in their Families

# Finding strength to say good-by…

April 17, 2025 by Dave Cooke 2 Comments

The “No Lack of Void” episode (4/10/14) of the TV series “Elementary” featured a closing scene that captured my emotional attention. For those who don’t watch the show, one of the more powerful back stories in this series is that Sherlock is a recovering heroin addict. Though two years clean, the demons of the past and present offer a very interesting and moving component to his character. I have appreciated greatly the depth and responsibility in which this has been incorporated into this show.

The referenced episode closes with Sherlock visiting the cemetery to bid his friend, Alistair good-by. Following a successful 30 years recovery of his own, Alistair relapsed, overdosed and died. I was quite moved by the dialogue between Alistair’s ghost and Sherlock at the end of the show. Today’s video includes my reflections on this closing scene.

I hesitated to share this video and my thoughts. Since I was moved and touched by the scene, I felt like it necessary to go the distance and share my perspectives. Your comments, thoughts, experiences, and feedback are encouraged.

Filed Under: Addiction, Parenting, Parenting & Addiction, Video lessons Tagged With: addiction, addiction and loss, addiction and parenting, Elementary, lessons in addiction, No Lack of Void, parenting, recovery, relapse

### Comments

1. Lee W. says:
   May 16, 2025 at 3:04 am

   I feel your earnest and honest care in your review. I appreciate your message and explanations that you have for family and friends of addicts. Thanks for sharing!

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   - Dave Cooke says:
     May 16, 2025 at 10:12 am

     Thank you, Lee, for your comments and perspective. Our experiences as parents dealing with addicted children is painful and challenging. Hoping that in hsaring my story, others find courage to share theirs. We can only create a movement of change when society shifts from a judgmental commentary to statistics and begin seeing the faces and hearing the stories of the families reflected in these statistics.

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