My husband's answer to the "If you don't do this, I'm going to kill myself" was:
"If you kill yourself, I would certainly miss you, but you do what you have to do" and then he walked outside and got in his car and drove away.
His recovery was better than mine at that point!
You can only save yourself. And sometimes when we walk away or do what's best for us, they do what they need to do.
I'm a big advocate of calling 911 and saying someone is suicidal, and then leaving the premises, so "they" have to deal with the paramedics, who don't look kindly on false alarms.
Love in recovery,
Jody Hepler
