Adam James Fowler

(1979 - 1998)

    On May 19, 1998, I found Adam, dead in his bedroom  from a heroin overdose. Adam was a kind, gentle, loving young man who just started college, lived at home, and  was  best friend to his younger sister. We never suspected  a thing, he showed no signs of drug use.  After his death we learned the people who called themselves his friends  were all heroin addicts.  They sucked the life from my  precious son and turned their backs and walked away. We live in a small rural community where we thought we were safe from this deadly drug. I can not sit back and  watch this happen to another family.   I have founded a  nonprofit organization called Remembering  ADAM Inc. I am determined to stamp out this cancer through education  of  communities,  parents,  and our  children.  Everyone must understand when you choose to do drugs  you  choose to die. Adam was the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me and I loved him more than life itself.  My days are filled with the loss of him, the emptiness of my heart, and the  continuing ache of  loneliness.  I will  spend the rest of my life fighting this cancer and telling my story so no more die!....... Adam's Mom