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irisblue

(32,980 posts)
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 03:59 PM Jul 2019

Depression and Alcohol kills another one of us. Wanna talk, I'm here

Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) Tweeted:
So grateful for flood of kindness in wake of my brother’s death. Survivors convinced me to include in his obituary that Chuck ended his life. The secrecy only compounds grief, and perpetuates the shame too often associated with addiction and depression. https://t.co/fGcBi0mZSN https://t.co/HOjBIdHbfG


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Depression and Alcohol kills another one of us. Wanna talk, I'm here (Original Post) irisblue Jul 2019 OP
and people are rarely fooled by the euphemisms, anyway. mopinko Jul 2019 #1
Schultz walked a walk. I respect her for that, among other things. irisblue Jul 2019 #2
i'm hangin in there. how you? mopinko Jul 2019 #3

mopinko

(70,120 posts)
1. and people are rarely fooled by the euphemisms, anyway.
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 04:09 PM
Jul 2019

what a time we live in. so much hope on one hand, and so much despair on the other. so hard to stay upright.

mopinko

(70,120 posts)
3. i'm hangin in there. how you?
Sat Jul 6, 2019, 07:14 PM
Jul 2019

nursin a broken rib, grrr. but could have been worse.
glad the sun is finally out. what a long cruddy spring it has been.

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