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“I wonder if anyone here has had experience with the death of a family
member from whom you were totally estranged (by choice)?  My brother
recently died from the cumulative effects of 25 years of unremitting
drug/alcohol abuse.  During that quarter of a century span, he stole
from many people, took advantage of well-meaning relatives who tried
to help him, did time in jail, lied pathologically about everything,
caused untold grief to my parents (sometimes really terrorizing them)
etc etc.  He basically dropped out of sight but by the time that
happened I had long since cut him out of my life. I only saw him once
in the last 10 years. So, now he has died in his mid-40s,
and in just about the way I predicted as long as 20 years ago.

The cold hard truth is, I don’t feel very much grief…..

I wonder if anyone has had to deal with the death of
one that you had much less positive feelings for?”

Can this community help in terms of resources or from practical experience – it would be great to give some tips.

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