The National Addiction Memorial honors the loved ones we’ve lost.

Jimmy was a beautiful boy loved sports could do anything he wanted too ! Very funny and charming ! He also gave the best hugs

Watching him grow up into a beautiful human

His hugs and kisses and calling me everyday

Keeping his memory alive

The most amazing spirit. Always making everyone laugh. His smile would light up a room. Mother and son, no greater bond.

There will never be just one.

Everything

His kind heart. And how he always wanted to take care of everyone.

Cliff was our only son, a great athlete and he made people laugh. He had the best laugh and a beautiful smile. He was a good brother to his little sister, a protector. When his little girl was born, he said it was the best thing that ever happened to him. He loved his wife and daughter so deeply.

I loved watching him play soccer. I loved watching him with his daughter. He would make his baby girl laugh. They look so much alike.

I miss his hugs, his laughter, and his voice. If I could hug him again I would never let go.

For being a kind hearted man. He helped everyone he could. He was a great friend to so many people.

Currently Rainbows Are Signs Everyday

Listening to Awakenings Sets

Having fun with my half Sister

Without the peer pressure of having to provide things to their friends all the time.

Jonathan worked locally as a construction laborer. His love of sports led him to play baseball at Las Palmas Little League in National City, CA, where was an All-Star four times. His teammates lovingly nicknamed him “Chuckie” for his bright red hair and the moniker stuck. While attending Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, he earned Rookie of the Year honors in water polo. He also played basketball for their junior-varsity team, making many friends along the way. Jon was a very loving son, grandson, nephew, brother and cousin. Words used to describe him have included funny, happy, goofy, carefree, and “pocket full of sunshine.” He enjoyed playing baseball, basketball, water polo, video games, and music – especially hip-hop. He was very close to his brother, Louis Miguel Sotelo

The day he told me I'm so blessed to have you as my step mother !!!!!

Everything

As someone who had a heart of gold

Kayla was my eldest niece. She lost her Battle with addiction. She left behind 4 beautiful children.she was a beautiful that just wanted to find her place in this world and be loved genuinely.

Because there was so much distantance , we spoke often on the phone. But Kayla will always be remember for her beautiful smile long locks of brown curls and her big brown puppy dog eyes

Our phone call and text messages .

As someone who was lost and was fighting each and everyday to survive and fit in . It sad to say that but she struggled with relationships with family. She loved hard and just wanted to be understood.

Emelie was a beautiful young woman that loved with her whole heart and gave of herself. She was so sensitive and kind to others . She was a nurse and cared so much for others, especially those in need of comfort. She reached out to friends in need .

Emelie would especially reach out to the under dogs and protected those she cared about with her whole being. She would find friends that needed her. They were often bad influences. She was lead down a destructive path in doing so many times. When Emelie was in the throws of her mental anger and pain and not living at home I went to pick her up from a friend's and she cried to me saying how sorry she was for all she had done.😢 💔.

Her fun and creativity side ! Emelie would make soap and crafty ornaments with her children to give as gifts for Christmas. She was such a good and loving mother to her 4 children and would do things with them outdoors in her garden. She would let her kids play in mud and get dirty. She never complained about life or any of her pregnancies. She even was willing to surrogate for her Aunt at one time. She was a natural caregiver and lover of children, pets, natural beauty around her.

Emelie would like to be remembered as a very loving and caring person who did not judge others for where the lived or what their family was like. Emelie wanted people to accept and care about each other. Be a friend to one another. She didn't care about money or fancy stuff. She loved to create and repurpose things. She loved thrift stores and old stuff. She loved singing and music. Emelie specially loved her children and her brother's along with all family members ❤️

Dave was an amazing man. He spoke to his parents regularly, rekindled his relationships with his children, & worked hard to build a life for his family. There isn’t enough space here to describe him. He’s missed by so many.

My favorite memories are when we met, our wedding, the birth of our son, his enthusiasm when the Bills played, mowing the lawn at 6am, camping, the beach, and everything in between.

I miss the way I felt at home, and safe with him. The way he was with our son, the way we helped to complete the other. Life isn’t and never will be the same without him here. We’re in the 2nd year, everything has changed. But there still has not been one day that has gone by where I haven’t thought of him and missed him.

I’d imagine he’d like to be remembered by all of his amazing qualities; his good work ethic, his dedication to college and his family. Dave was very active in the recovery community as well as a huge Buffalo Bills fan.
He wouldn’t want us to be sad or cry, but instead to remember the good times, and to continue talking about him to keep his memory alive.

“Go Bills”

She was everything the air I breathed. She had so much time ahead of her, unfair her time ended

They say I met her at her place of employment

Everything

They did what they wanted

She was so hard headed. Believe everything someone said

Ben was a beautiful human being who lost his life to addiction. He began this battle when only about 15 years old. He never gave up this fight, but in the end he lost at age 33. His loss is deeply grieved. The world is less without him.

Ben loved to play with his little sisters. He taught his little sister how to snowboard, and he always wanted the family to go on vacations together...snowboarding, to a lake or ocean in the summer. I loved to watch him skateboard. He moved so gracefully and was so healthy and perfectly proportioned Everyone loved Ben, he had a big heart and a gentle soul. He suffered because he wanted so much to be better, but over time the struggle wore him down. I believe on one level he gave up.

His smile and his hug..."don't worry mom, I'll be ok"....

In good health, in good spirits, loving his friends and family, gliding down a mountain or on a skateboard, doodling in a sketchbook, meditating, laughing with friends...

My Tara was a sweet giving toddler, teen, and a woman

She had a certain look when she was perplexed but she had a beautiful smile

She is known to be a great mother to Nyjah, a wonderful best friend to her sister Trina, a loving Aunt to Eboni, a beautiful daughter, and a caring, giving woman to all

My son struggled for years trying to battle demons

Laughing and shopping was our favorite pastime. Along with pranking people

His smile and facial expressions

As a rockstar!

Jamie was a purely kind and generous soul who had most recently found his calling as an EMT and medical scribe. At the time of his death, he was in the process of applying to med school.

A “New Yorker”–caliber editor when we met in February 2002, Jamie was hyperintellectual with a crackling wit. Often bedecked in a bow tie and always bespectacled, he was a debonairly charming man. Jamie was my most precious friend and a big brother. Of his myriad talents, he wrote beautifully. He taught me how to copy edit—and how to love unconditionally.

When Jamie began to realize his best self—and he did on so many occasions, for extended periods of time—it was only a close second to realizing mine.

Per his request, I scattered Jamie’s ashes on the Hudson River upstate. You can remember him any- and everywhere the most brilliant light boogies down on the surface of the water.

Jeff had a heart of gold, he would help anyone if he could, he was totally fearless, with a one of a kind sense of humor, he was a loving son, brother & father to his 3 daughters, often known as the life of the party. Gone, but never forgotten.

My Dad was protective, loving & caring. My favorite memory of him would have to be, being able to talk to my Dad about anything without any judgement & the advice he would give me. It didn’t matter what it was, he always gave me the best advice he could. It always seemed like he had the answers to everything. His loyalty to his family & friends was truly unmatched.

I will miss his advice, his witty personality, his goofy sense of humor & his laugh the most. My Dad was truly one of a kind.

I think my Dad would like to be remembered not by his struggles, but by his loving nature & his strength. My Dad never gave up, he struggled with addiction & no matter how hard it got he always got back up and tried his best & to me I think that shows real strength. I love you dad I will miss you forever

Bernard was the calmest most patient cool calm and collected person I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. He was a man of peace and stature. He was a man of love. A gifted man who knew God

I will miss his consistency. The presence of power in his eyes

He would like to be remembered as a man of faith who loved God

Riley was my nephew, but he was my baby, he loved fishing, hunting, playing sports and he loved life.

Watching him play football, when he got his first deer, turkey, duck. I never missed anything that he did.

I will miss hearing him call me NeeNee and being with me.

Riley would want everyone to remember he loved his family. He was one of a kind.