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When I was 17 my mom committed suicide. I was raised in a middle-class home that I thought was fairly normal. Then one day in 1973 my mom was gone. We were close, my emotions were so overwhelming that I simply stuffed it. At 32 it all hit me. I was on the other side of suicide, but I couldn't do to my daughter what was done to me. Fortunately, I got the right help and rebuild my life. Suicide is a self-centered act that offers a permanent solution to a temporary problem. In my experience the best solution to depression/suicide is to get out of yourself and help others. I learned a lot from my mom's suicide, her death may well have saved my life. I'm 53, sober 21 years and living a better life than I ever dreamed.

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