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DailyBiteSep 15, 2015 | 19:24

Mother explains why she posed next to husband's corpse with her children

A mother has explained why she posted a photo with her children next to her dead husband. Eva Holland's image alongside children Lucas and Ava and late spouse Mike Settles has been shared more than 270,000 times on Facebook.

Mr Settles died aged 26 on September 2nd from a suspected heroin overdose, following years of addiction. The picture shows Ms Holland, with her son and daughter, next to Mr Settles's body in an open coffin. Ms Holland, who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, said she published the image to “raise awareness”.

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Explaining her decision to post the image, she said: “the main reason I took it was to show the reality of addiction. If you don’t chose recovery every single day this will be your only way out. “I know a lot of people may be upset I’m putting it out in the open like this but hiding the facts is only doing to keep this epidemic going. The cold hard truth is heroin kills.

Ms Holland, who was in a relationship with Mr Settles for 11 years, explained how his addiction developed after becoming hooked on painkillers.

Mr Settles spent time in rehab at the end of last year, which Ms Holland credited for helping him find “his purpose for living again, he found his gorgeous smile again; he became the man, the son, the brother, the dad that we all needed him to be again.” Read more here.

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