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So profoundly Sorry You Lost Your 19-year-old Son
Stephanie Marquesano is one of the most remarkable individuals I have encountered in a 40-year Journalism career.
Mrs. Marquesano is proof of my point that one determined person CAN change the world. This is a story about a mother’s pain of losing her son, but never giving up….A Mother that fights back. Nothing will save her son, but she’s assisting young people from around the country in trying to make sure they don’t go down the same heartbreaking path.
Stephanie Marquesano is also making sure the Mental Health Community and other experts are better tailored…. and prepared to handle co-occurring disorders.
Her son, Harris Marquesano should be alive with us today, but he was a victim. A victim of an accidental fatal overdose, and a victim of Co-Occurring Disorders.
I strongly suggest finding out what Co-Occurring Disorders are. Your life or the life of someone you love could depend on it.
Harris Marquesano was a high school soccer star. And like so many others throughout the country, by 19, his life was over. Afatal accidental overdose.
Harris dealt with an anxiety disorder as a child. He turned to marijuana, and later to prescription medications. Co-occurring disorders. The dangers and threats of self-medicating with drugs and alcohol for those with underlying mental health conditions. This is what his very courageous mother, Stephanie Marquesano told me.
