These Heartbreaking images prove that those who Suffer from Opioid Addiction are more than their Disease.

Jeremiah Lindemann was featured in an article in Elephant Journal:

Most of the photographs are of young people.

Their faces beam—perhaps they’re sharing a private joke with the person holding the camera or phone, or they’ve simply been caught in a moment of hamming it up, now frozen in time.

The pictures look like they could’ve been lifted from any college-aged kid’s social media feed. But the map to the left of the photos tells a different, darker story.

The Celebrating Lost Loved Ones map honors people who’ve died from opioid-related causes. Jeremiah Lindemann, a mapping technician, created the map after his younger brother, J.T. Lindemann—son, brother, father, and musician—died from prescription drug use. (In addition to creating the map, Jeremiah recently completed a fellowship where he aided communities in mapping the opioid epidemic—you can read more about his amazing work here.)