Who We Are
People Who Understand This Kind of Loss
We are people in recovery who have personally experienced the death of someone we
love from alcohol or other drugs. That lived experience is the foundation of
everything we do.
A partnership built on shared purpose
Peer Grief Support for People in Recovery is a collaboration between two
Massachusetts organizations: SADOD (Support After a Death by Overdose) and
The Sun Will Rise Foundation. Both organizations were created by people who
have lived through the kind of loss this program serves.
Together, we offer something neither could offer alone: grief support designed
specifically for people in recovery, delivered by people who have been there.
This is not a clinical program. It is mutual support — people helping each
other through one of the hardest experiences a person in recovery can face.
Lived experience is our foundation
Every person who offers direct support through this program has personally
lost someone they care about to alcohol or other drugs. We don't support
grievers from a textbook. We support them because we know.
All recovery paths are welcome
However you found your way into recovery — and however you sustain it — you
belong here. We do not ask about your path. We only ask that you are in
recovery and that you are grieving.
Peer-led, not clinical
We are not therapists or counselors. We are trained peer grief helpers who
walk alongside grievers as equals. Our role is to listen, relate, validate,
and help you find your own next step — not to diagnose or prescribe.
Every griever is a unique individual
There is no right way to grieve. We meet each person where they are, without
assumptions about what grief should look like or how long it should take.
Meet the team
The people behind this work
The people who provide peer grief support through this program are trained
volunteers and staff from SADOD and The Sun Will Rise Foundation. Each person
has their own story of loss, their own path through recovery, and their own
reasons for doing this work. What they share is a commitment to showing up for
others the way someone showed up — or they wish someone had shown up — for them.
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You don't need to know exactly what you need. If you're grieving and you're
in recovery, we built this for you.
