Funerals have become too common for Brian Rehn and the friends he grew up with in Marietta. The now 42-year-old director of global store design for L’Oréal and Kiehl’s has worn a suit to at least one a year for 20 years. It’s become ritual. His group of friends organizes a carpool now and plans which Starbucks they will visit on the way to the cemetery.
None have been easy, but Cove’s funeral hit harder.
Brian Cove had been sober for 13 years before he started taking prescription pain medication for injuries he sustained working as a craftsman remodeling homes…