"You want to help them, but ultimately they have to help themselves,” says Melissa Etheridge, whose beloved son Beckett died of ... broke his ankle in 2016. "It gave him a whole lot of pain.

He Gave Me the Gift of Family' Melissa Etheridge Says She 'Didn't Want to Blame Genetics' After Son Beckett's Fatal Overdose Melissa Etheridge on Late Son: I Have a 'Small Amount of Peace Knowing ...

Etheridge shared her own message via social media, writing, "I am grieving the loss of my friend, and Bailey's and Beckett's biological father, David." She continued: "He gave me the gift of family.