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Hi, my name is Jesse Acosta. Monday, November 29th, 2021 at 2:10pm, I lost my dad Jesse Acosta Jr. to a very strong Alcohol addiction that took his life. I took him into my home with my wife and kids for several years to help him get on his feet, feed him, and give a warm place to stay in. Life took a turn for him as he continued to drink more heavily as time passed when COVID started around the world.
He had been homeless, and me and my family talked with him about changing his life, found him advocates and available assistance that have been standing up for him ever since they took notice of him. Many times my dad refused to go into rehab because he had a strong fear of something worse happening to him if he had stopped drinking the alcohol. He had a mental battle with that and it was difficult for him to make conscious decisions. With difficult times these last two years during COVID, we tried everything we could to get him into housing while he had been homeless and had been on the street, but there was a process and long wait.
My dad saw a lot of violence, pain, and experienced much suffering throughout his life. I fought my hardest to help my dad in the way I knew I could. I didn’t let him give up, or didn’t let him go through his pain alone, even as I was struggling myself to raise my family. While he was out there, I would pick him up from hospital admissions in the middle of the night because he would get attacked on the streets. He would also fall down a lot, get beat up by other men and was unable to defend himself. A lot of times I came home burdened and a heavy feeling of stress, anger, sadness and it was difficult for both me and my family. While I was looking out for him, my pain became hard on me in the stress levels I was facing with a lot happening in my family, and I recently lost my job.
I have been trying hard to keep pressing forward with the help of God and am learning how to heal. Toward the end of my dad’s life, he accepted Jesus Christ in his heart as Lord, and it brings me and my family peace to know that he is in heaven. God has helped me a lot and I know he will get me and my family through. I’m still struggling financially to keep my family going due to the loss of my job, for my bills paid, and to cover the costs of the memorial service food and costs for the decorations, flowers, and photos to enlarge for our dad’s service next month. We appreciate anything that comes in and any help we can get to get through this hard time as we grieve for our dad. If you would like to help us, we give you much love and thanks for your support.
With appreciation,
His oldest son Jesse Acosta
Jesse Acosta Jr
(R.I.P March 10th, 1959- November 29th, 2021)
