The National Addiction Memorial honors the loved ones we’ve lost.

Tristen was an absolutely wonderful person. He was just attacked my addiction, and it never let go.

My favorite memory of Tristen was when I had my second child. He was uncle Tristen and made sure that the day he met her, he brought gifts lol he was hilarious.

I miss his laugh most. Seriously, no cliche, his laugh and joy is irreplaceable.

My brother was larger than life. He could always make you laugh and was so funny. He loved him family and friends.

His laugh and his voice

I will miss everything about him but mostly hearing him call me and say hey kid

My son, Conor, was a very kind- hearted young man. He was an introvert, who loved all animals, but especially dogs. He was also a skilled electrician and car buff. Conor loved to drive his truck up into the mountains, just to sit and relax.

Conor was training a new employee at work, but the guy had no tools. At lunch, Conor looked through his own things and got a bag together for him, so he would have his own tools to use. He asked for nothing in return. That's how I want to remember my son.

I will miss his sense of humor, his voice, and his laugh. I will miss being able to call him about something that reminds me of a Seinfeld episode, and wishing him a "Happy Festivus."

Conor would have liked to be remembered as someone who was kind to others. He was a good person.

I have seen your struggles and I know your love.

Love of God and children.

Sharing from the heart

Greg's music.

Alissa made everyone feel as though they were the most important person in her life! She loved without any reservations! Her heart was passionate,kind,generous,and full of love for God and all that were put in her path! Accomplished so much in 23 yrs

I miss her love, the way she would light up a room with her smile and laughter, her understanding heart, our long conversations, her hugs, the way she would show up for others in need, her enthusiasm and humor, her voice, laughs, and silliness! I miss her every day I just miss her most of all being apart of my life!!

I think she would like to be remembered by the genuine love, gentleness, and strength she gave, not only to all that she came in contact with but also to this world and all the creatures within it!!

He had a heart for helping the people that didn’t feel loved in the world. He was a realist and spoke his truth often. He didn’t tell you what you wanted to hear, he told you what you needed to hear. He was himself and didn’t care about fitting in.

There were many favorite memories. I remember when he use to surprise me with gifts. I would say, where are you? How come you’re not coming back? You’re taking a long time and he would come back with a bouquet of flowers. He would make wonderful surprise dinners for me. Also, he used to pretend like he was driving with his eyes closed, and he would just have the eye closest to me closed. I would freak out and say, put your hands on the wheel and open your damn eyes. I miss him and think about him a lot.

I miss his realness. He was definitely an authentic person.

Someone who did the best they can with what they had. He was definitely a lover. He had a lot of love to give sometimes it was just hard for him to find it back the way he wanted it.

Angel was such a free spirit. She loved helping people and would help/rescue any animal at anytime! She was intelligent, beautiful and had the brightest smile. Her laugh was contagious. She loved family but her children were always most important!

I love the way Angel would leave such a memorable impression. She would have anyone smiling and never met a stranger.
Angel and I went to buy a piece of furniture. She heard a puppy cry. I told her NO immediately! An hour later we were coming home with a pitbull we still have today. Angel and I named her Bella. I know Bella misses her so much. All of my animals knew Angel loved them. She was so selfless and had the biggest heart. Save mom a place in Heaven beside you. I'll see you someday soon

I miss angels smile.
I miss angels voice.
I miss angels laughter.
I miss the way Angel protected you
I miss Angel protecting all animals.
I miss the way Angel giggled.
I miss the way she walked like me.
I miss how Angel would get confused as me.
I miss the way Angel loved her children.
I miss the way Angel loved me, her Mom.
I miss the way Angel loved her siblings.
I miss everything, every single thing about my Angel Marie!
I Miss her more everyday.
Angel was my heart.
Mama loves u

The brightest Star in the sky,
The most beautiful flower in the garden
The most beautiful voice you hear
The softest, most gorgeous face you've ever seen
The person with the biggest heart.
The daughter who would always love her mother
And sister who loved her siblings.
The mother who loved her children endlessly.

My dad was a sweet and gentle man. He never meant harm, and always wanted the best for his daughters and his family. He loved sports and movies. He told countless jokes, and laughed the loudest at his own.

Every Christmas, my dad brought magic to our house. We would stay up late with him putting out cookies and coca-cola. He would pull the NORAD Santa tracker up on the computer and we would watch the sleigh go around the world. When Santa would make it to New York City, it was time for bed- he was only a few hours away! We would always wake up to traces of Santa (shoe prints, red threads), half-eaten cookies, and an empty coke bottle. It truly felt like magic, and it was.. he was.

In every way. The small daily conversations about the Rams, or movies, or really anything. He loved holidays and always made them so special. It is sad thinking about all the future ones without him.

For being good and kind. For the legacy he left with his daughters. For loving sports and being an athlete himself. For being the best dad.

Johnathan Collier “Jc” had a passion for Bmx riding and getting his hands dirty working on cars. His love for his children was indescribable. Jc always knew how to light up a room full of people & always made sure everyone was having a good time.

Always kind

Not being here for his kids

He was the most amazing person. My uncle, my best friend. He could play guitar better than anyone I’ve heard. Could hear a song once and play it beautifully. He was kind, caring, smart, funny, and an amazing person overall.

My favorite memory of Uncle Bruce was sitting in my aunts kitchen one day. He was sitting on a stool next to my mom, my aunt and I watching. He was playing guitar to the Guns n Roses song, Patience. He tried to do the whistle at the beginning but couldn’t, and he was laughing at himself. My mom tried after him, he couldn’t either. So they played Good Riddance by Green Day instead.

The friendship, love, music, and laughter.

Uncle Bruce aka Brucey would like to be remembered as a hard working man who loved his family, friends, life, and music. He would want others to work to keep his happy memories alive.

He was a kind, but stubborn man. He lived a very hard life, but would hardly ever complain about it to anyone. He was a great hunter, a wonderful listener, and he was always willing to help others even after a hard day’s work.

My favorite memory is when we were all at the beach, and we all were just having fun. And he was out in the water managing to find these large shells all by himself. He was always happy when he was outside.

I will miss his loud booming voice, how they would always try to make someone happy and think of them first. He would do anything to help someone if he was able.

They would want to be remembered as a kind man, a loving man who cared for as many people as he could. He hated to see anyone or anything suffer and would do his best to make sure they would never be hurting.

Jason was the best husband, greatest father to our 2 boys, he was my best friend, my soulmate. I knew we'd be together forever. In 2015, my world fell apart when he OD'd on heroin and alcohol. He was 39 yrs old. He was too ashamed to ask for help.

Seeing him become a father and loving every single minute of it. He loved having 2 sons and couldn't wait to do "all the dad things" with them - go camping, fishing, teach them how to ride a bike, throw a football... He loved our boys to pieces and was so proud to be a father.

His laugh. I remember him laughing a lot and he had such a unique and loud belly-laugh. It was truly infectious. Sometimes, we'd get to joking and cracking up, laughing so hard we could barely breathe.

As a "realist." Even though he was only 39, being in the military had given him the chance to see the world. He was humble, cultured, and fascinated by the differences in the world. He loved to read. To learn. He was firm in his beliefs, but open-minded and accepting of others. He had a heart the size of Texas and wanted the world, not just our little corner of it, to be happy and loved. I miss him so much.

Joshua was my daughter Abby's daddy! He loved my babygirl so very much and he always carried pictures of her! We will forever miss him!!

Our favorite memory of him is always loving and caring for our daughter!

We will miss most about him is his loving smile and his caring phone calls and hugs!

Matthew is my first-born son, and one of the most amazing individuals that I had the privilege of knowing. He was loved by so many, and has been missed greatly since his passing.

I cannot come up with just one favorite memory. There were so many! He was with me for 21 years, 7 months & 3 days, and each of those days have beautiful (and some not-so-beautiful) memories. All of the memories are treasures now.

Everything except the substance abuse.

He would want to be remembered as somebody who loved to help people and do whatever he could to make people smile. And that is what he did. He loved his family and friends unconditionally and would do anything he could to help anybody he encountered. He also would do whatever he could to make people smile. He also had a twisted sense of humor that he shared with everybody! And he was not ashamed to say he was a mama's boy, LOL!

Bryan had an amazing way of making us laugh and cringe at the same time. His unique sense of humor, and spontaneous off-colored thoughts, that he shared without a filter, were the foundation of his amazingly warm and sincere personality.

There is one memory that exemplifies Bryan both as a person and friend. Bryan had gotten into trouble with the law and spent time in jail. When Bryan was released, unlike the others who he was released with, Bryan still had on prison issued shirt and pants and ill-fitting sneakers, with no laces and holes. When I asked Bryan where his clothes and shoes were, he told me that he had given them away. He said, "There were guys in there with nothing, they needed them way more than me."

We’ll miss his smile, strong jaw line, broad shoulders, and deep emotional warmth that brought him to many peoples’ sides in good times and bad. We will also miss Bryan's love of nature, sense of adventure, outrageous thoughts, which he shared freely, and his love of all things wood. Bryan was a very gifted fine woodworker. He made unique and beautiful boxes, cutting boards, tables, chairs, a bed, a guitar, and countless hand-carved spoons. We will miss Bryan's artistry and craftsmanship.

We will always remember Bryan's ability to make us laugh, his compassion for others, and his knack for acting before engaging his brain. He made friends easily, but he also kept friends. He was the glue that kept people together. He had a hard time helping himself but found it very easy to help others. Our memories of Bryan are filled with love and laughter, and we will continue to honor his memory by telling stories, of which there are many. Bryan we will love and miss you forever!

Michael was one of a kind, and truly loved. He had a unique sense of humor, which always kept you on your toes.😜 He passionate about sports and his knowledge was encyclopedic. He will always be missed.💜

When we skated just the two of us. He was insanely talented and could make up a trick out of the blue and I would beg him to teach me. He tried but it always ended up with him say "I don't know, I just do it"

His laugh and smile, it was extremely contagious.