For me, it took three years to get some therapy. It didn't work out well with the first therapist, and I had to find someone else for a second try.
When your loved one is killed by an impaired driver, there's really nowhere to turn. Families just don't know what to do. Their whole world has just collapsed, and there doesn't seem to be much out there for them. That's the really sad part about this. The death of our children and loved ones is not a normal car accident.
Impaired driving is a choice. It's made by people who are reckless in their decisions, and they make the choice to drive while impaired. All of our loved ones die these very violent deaths. That's very hard for families and parents to process. There are not adequate resources, or even therapy out there, to deal with this, because most people don't have to deal with it. It's amazing, on the other hand, that we lose between 1,200 and 1,500 people a year to this crime.