& # 039; For some, Maddie was just a junkie & # 039;: The obituary gives a new opinion on drug...

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& # 039; For some, Maddie was just a junkie & # 039;: The obituary gives a new opinion on drug addiction







Madelyn Linsenmeir was a mother, sister and friend, who was "hilarious, warm, bold and resilient". She was also an opioid addict.



Linsenmeir was a drug addict for 12 years and, in what her sister said were some of her darkest points, she sometimes lacked money for money. She lost custody of her son because of his illness.



On October 7, the 30-year-old girl died in hospital while in police custody, according to her sister, Kate O'Neill.



O'Neill does not want Linsenmeir to be remembered for his addiction. its surprisingly honest obituary She wrote for a local newspaper in Vermont that she is receiving great attention for her warmth and openness.



"It is impossible to capture a person in an obituary, and especially someone whose adult life was largely defined by drug addiction. For some, Maddie was just an addict: when they saw their addiction, they stopped seeing her. And what a loss for them. Because Maddie was hilarious, warm, intrepid and resilient. " O'Neill wrote.





Courtesy of Kate ONill
Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir, who suffered from drug addiction, in a photo without a date.

He explained how Linsenmeir loved his son Ayden and how he "sang instead of talking to him, filling his life with a song".



"After having Ayden, Maddie tried harder and harder to stay sober than we've ever seen anyone try anything. But she relapsed and eventually lost custody of her son, a loss that was unbearable, "he continued.



O'Neill said the obituary honored her sister, but also spoke about the realities of drug addiction, which she hopes others can learn.



"I want us to have empathy for people in their darkness, whether it's Maddie in the grocery store parking lot, if he's a drug addict who passed out on the street," O'Neill told ABC News. "Those people are also Maddie."





Courtesy of Kate ONill
Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir, who suffered from drug addiction, in a photo without a date.

The obituary has gone viral.



Brandon Del Pozo, the police chief in Burlington, Vermont, where Linsenmeir and his family grew up, wrote on Facebook that he would like a well-written obituary to call attention to the problem of drug addiction.



"Why did it take a grieving relative with a good literary sense for people to pay attention for a moment and shed a tear when almost a quarter of a million people have already died the same way as Maddie as this epidemic grew? ? " Well said in his post.



Del Pozo thanked Maddie and her family: "Then, Maddie, in death, has given us a final gift, thanks to the touching tribute of her family: the gift of focusing our attention for a moment, thank you, Maddie and her family" .





Courtesy of Kate ONill
Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir, who suffered from drug addiction, showed up with her son Ayden, who was born in 2014.

O'Neill said the outpouring of support for her sister "has been incredible and has been bittersweet."



"We knew we were not alone and I think the bittersweet part of this is that it really is concrete evidence of the number of people affected by this disease." Our grief is so intense and so personal, but it's not unique, "O'Neill said.



"This disease needs a face and Maddie is just a face," he said.



O'Neill asks those interested in stopping addiction to opioids to donate to the Turning Point Center, "a place where Maddie spent some time and felt supported."





Courtesy of Kate ONill
Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir, who suffered from drug addiction, showed up with her son Ayden, who was born in 2014.

Gary De Carolis, the center's executive director, said the staff has been "overwhelmed" with donations after the obituary was published.



"We've never experienced anything like this in downtown history," De Carolis told ABC News.



De Carolis said he applauds the courage of Linsenmeir's family to be so outspoken about his illness.



"The thing for me, the family ... they had the courage to tell Maddie's story and face the scourge of addiction, that will change the way the United States and the world see people who are struggling with addiction. "We are all people first, and some of us unfortunately have to deal with this," De Carolis said.



The exact cause of Linsenmeir's death is still unknown. O'Neill said the drugs may not have killed her, and said she was in police custody at the time. The death of Linsenmeir could well not be counted in a government statistic. Like many others who die from an overdose, O'Neill said.





Editor's note: this story originally said that the Burlington police chief had a problem with the obituary. It did not. It has been updated to reflect more accurately the anticipated sentiment of the Facebook post of the police chief.

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