Tuesday Desrochers admits that she still has bad days. Who could blame her? The opioid crisis claim the lives of her two adult sons, Caleb Bethoney in 2017 and Max Bethoney in 2023.
How does she keep going? Desrochers said her faith keeps her moving forward. The Dartmouth woman has a goal of helping others who have lost loved ones to drug addiction. She stopped by Townsquare Sunday to share her story and talk about her own faith-based grief support group.
“Max was a self-proclaimed momma’s boy. He was a manly-man with a gentle heart. I had him when I was 19, and we grew up together,” she said. “Caleb was my hippie child. He spent a lot of time barefoot, wore funky clothes and brought peace wherever he went.”
Both Caleb and Max were victims of fentanyl poisoning, like hundreds of others in Greater New Bedford who died from the scourge of drug addiction…