AA member committed suicide...
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AA member committed suicide...
At my AA meeting today, which I attend about every 2 months for now thanks to SR, I learned a youngish lady killed herself last night.
She was drunk and had stopped taking her anti dep. meds I believe.
She had a lot bad going on financially I think as well. She had no parents or siblings. Nobody but AA members. Really very sad.
So, the lesson was, if you are on meds, keep taking them.
Also, if you feel suicidal, reach out. Suicide hurts the people left behind forever.
I figure she was black out drunk. A good reason to not drink. Never know what can happen when we get that drunk.
One lady that had been working the program, that means not sober the whole time, for 40 years said she had seen so many folks kill themselves.
The booze initially quells the sadness, then it enhances it after you are addicted.
Stay clean.
She was drunk and had stopped taking her anti dep. meds I believe.
She had a lot bad going on financially I think as well. She had no parents or siblings. Nobody but AA members. Really very sad.
So, the lesson was, if you are on meds, keep taking them.
Also, if you feel suicidal, reach out. Suicide hurts the people left behind forever.
I figure she was black out drunk. A good reason to not drink. Never know what can happen when we get that drunk.
One lady that had been working the program, that means not sober the whole time, for 40 years said she had seen so many folks kill themselves.
The booze initially quells the sadness, then it enhances it after you are addicted.
Stay clean.
I am so sorry for your loss.
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Originally Posted by D122y 
The booze initially quells the sadness, then it enhances it after you are addicted.
Thank you for posting the reminder above.
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Sorry to hear about this poor Lady.
My best friend from the rehab we went through together took his life after a relapse.
A good Lady friend of mine in my home group AA meeting shared the other day that during a relapse she put a loaded gun to her head.
This sobriety thing is serious.
Mountainman
My best friend from the rehab we went through together took his life after a relapse.
A good Lady friend of mine in my home group AA meeting shared the other day that during a relapse she put a loaded gun to her head.
This sobriety thing is serious.
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Thank you for sharing this. I am sorry for your loss and that of your AA group and for this woman. It is a message that will help so many of us (particularly myself) get our heads out of our assess and get serious about sobriety. SO far, I have been trying it on BUT a true committment has yet to be seen. I had my first trigger test 3 days in and I failed brilliantly. I did learn that I def have triggers but ,,,, I have to put a plan in place for them.
Thanks so much for your sharing.
LotusChild
Thanks so much for your sharing.
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I'm sorry to hear this, but it's a reminder of where alcoholism and addiction can take a person. It's just too bad she wasn't able to see and realize a happy, sober future.
May she rest in peace.
May she rest in peace.
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Thank you for posting and so sorry for your loss. I agree with you, it IS scary to think about what we are capable of doing when we cross that line into "black-out drunk". That never happened to me very much, but the times it did, it really shook me the next day to have no idea what I did.
And you are so right about medications....people need close doctor counsel when they quit drinking alcohol, and probably the worst thing they can do is stop taking medications for depression, unless so directed by their physician.
Very sobering moment for me. Thank you for sharing this. This helped me screw my head on a little tighter.
And you are so right about medications....people need close doctor counsel when they quit drinking alcohol, and probably the worst thing they can do is stop taking medications for depression, unless so directed by their physician.
Very sobering moment for me. Thank you for sharing this. This helped me screw my head on a little tighter.
Giving up is NOT an option.
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A very dear friend of mine very nearly killed himself during a relapse a little less than 2 years ago. He had had over 16 years of sobriety, but had been drinking again for about a year and a half. He had gotten a DUI and went on a several day bender, during which time no one knew where he was. We all feared he was dead somewhere. He finally turned up, and checked himself into rehab. But the day before that, he had a loaded gun to his head. He had gotten down so low he could not see another way out. He says God alone stopped him from pulling that trigger that day.
This stuff is serious. If I ever have thoughts of drinking (rarely, thank goodness) I remember my friend's story and I can talk myself out of it PDQ.
This stuff is serious. If I ever have thoughts of drinking (rarely, thank goodness) I remember my friend's story and I can talk myself out of it PDQ.
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