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7 years ago
I took some time to thoroughly read each of the posts here. Condolences have been said, thoughts and prayers have been given, and sympathy/empathy has been related. None of it changes the tragedy of a lost life, and the impact that has on friends, family, and anyone else’s life he may have touched during his time on this earth.
What it does change, is spreading a message of awareness and solution, so that any other person that struggles with the same, or similar conditions may find a path to peace. I’d like to share my personal experience at different points in life with suicidal intentions and ideation.
I don’t want to offend anyone, but I removed the religious debate posts. This is not the time or place. All forms of solution should be welcome in a time of mourning, for anyone that can take away something good from it. None of us know if that post may save a life. But I know it won’t save anyone’s life if it isn’t there.
(I’ve shared this thread on some discord servers. My guild, First Dis0rder, is also spreading this awareness. It is my hope that awareness of your friend’s story will touch someone’s life. The smallest actions can make a world of difference. May the Force be you. Always.)
What it does change, is spreading a message of awareness and solution, so that any other person that struggles with the same, or similar conditions may find a path to peace. I’d like to share my personal experience at different points in life with suicidal intentions and ideation.
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Clinical depression works in many different ways and develops from so many circumstances, the science behind it seems limitless. What’s very plain and simple to me, is the undeniable sense of hopelessness, anguish, and despair that overwhelms the psyche, with the sense of feeling trapped without any way out. This is a large part of what directly led to my addiction, and I’m grateful to say that I’m now 2 years sober, working in a rehabilitation center for addicts and alcoholics to help others, the same way staff helped saved my life.
A catalyst event in my life was when I attempted, and failed, to commit suicide. As a result, my addiction spiraled out of control as the only method I knew how to change the way I felt. I won’t preach my personal solution from Alcoholics Anonymous, but what I will say is that no person is beyond redemption. Nobody is truly hopeless, no matter how certain we are of that feeling. There is a way out of that feeling.
I’ve lost a lot of friends to intentional overdoses because they forgot what solution looked like after discontinuing their programs of recovery. The only option in front of us is to grow however we can - because somebody else doesn’t have to die for you to make it, and you don’t have to die for someone else to make it. If you struggle with that, and are hesitant to reach out to professional help, please feel free to contact me personally, as a perfect stranger, even if it’s just to talk when you need someone to listen. I answer random numbers: (512) 590-0053. Just ask for a Friend of Bill (AA code).
Clinical depression works in many different ways and develops from so many circumstances, the science behind it seems limitless. What’s very plain and simple to me, is the undeniable sense of hopelessness, anguish, and despair that overwhelms the psyche, with the sense of feeling trapped without any way out. This is a large part of what directly led to my addiction, and I’m grateful to say that I’m now 2 years sober, working in a rehabilitation center for addicts and alcoholics to help others, the same way staff helped saved my life.
A catalyst event in my life was when I attempted, and failed, to commit suicide. As a result, my addiction spiraled out of control as the only method I knew how to change the way I felt. I won’t preach my personal solution from Alcoholics Anonymous, but what I will say is that no person is beyond redemption. Nobody is truly hopeless, no matter how certain we are of that feeling. There is a way out of that feeling.
I’ve lost a lot of friends to intentional overdoses because they forgot what solution looked like after discontinuing their programs of recovery. The only option in front of us is to grow however we can - because somebody else doesn’t have to die for you to make it, and you don’t have to die for someone else to make it. If you struggle with that, and are hesitant to reach out to professional help, please feel free to contact me personally, as a perfect stranger, even if it’s just to talk when you need someone to listen. I answer random numbers: (512) 590-0053. Just ask for a Friend of Bill (AA code).
I don’t want to offend anyone, but I removed the religious debate posts. This is not the time or place. All forms of solution should be welcome in a time of mourning, for anyone that can take away something good from it. None of us know if that post may save a life. But I know it won’t save anyone’s life if it isn’t there.
(I’ve shared this thread on some discord servers. My guild, First Dis0rder, is also spreading this awareness. It is my hope that awareness of your friend’s story will touch someone’s life. The smallest actions can make a world of difference. May the Force be you. Always.)
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