It Is Surely Life Or Death!
Alicia has posted a very serious and very helpful entry about “Suicide Warning Signs.”
This is one area where you darn well better do a Third Step after you’ve contacted authorities to let them know that your friend might be suicidal!
I’d much rather (and have been) feel grateful that my friend is still around to be PO’d at me for ratting them out than to be going to the funeral home for a viewing.
Of course, if you have a sponsor like I did he’ll spend the four hours you’re getting a psychiatric eval. out in the waiting room flirting with as many nurses as he can :)
And then, if you’re on that side of this mental twist, please, make sure you find the way to thank the friend who turned you in!
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1 opinion for It Is Surely Life Or Death!
Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader
May 2, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Your title for this post reminds me of a guest speaker at a NAMI meeting I was listening to a few months ago. She told a very tearful story, and at the end she reiterated just how serious the phrase ‘life or death situation’ really is.
Thanks for sharing this!
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