Hi all. I don’t post all that often and I’m in the grays (and I keep losing my burner key so I’ve had variations on this name for a while). Anyway, I could use some advice. Or support. Or maybe just to get this out.

Hi all. I don’t post all that often and I’m in the grays (and I keep losing my burner key so I’ve had variations on this name for a while). Anyway, I could use some advice. Or support. Or maybe just to get this out.

Thank you. I truly appreciate the validation.

So, a couple of thoughts....

Yeah, I think a lot of people without first hand experience of addiction and/or mental illness just don’t get it. In the wake of Anthony Bourdain’s suicide I’ve been thinking a lot about just how fucked up discourse around these issues is.

Same. And I KNOW that I’m taking this too personally, but it really bothers me. Like, if I were to die (of suicide, overdose, or random accident) and I had drugs and/or alcohol in my system, would it be any less of a tragedy? In the end, what fucking difference does it make?

OMG, I know this was directed to DG, but can I just tell you how happy seeing a GIF from the “the Jerk” just made me? It’s one of my very favorite movies and I had kinda forgotten about it. I needed that.

Ooof, I felt the same about Bourdain. I mean, here was this guy openly talking about his demons and seemingly moving past them and doing these incredible, important things. As soon as I saw the headline here on Jez that he had died, I said to myself “please don’t let it be suicide”. Fuck, man.

I’m so sorry to hear that you’re struggling so much. I am too. I know that you’ve heard this from loads of folks, but I really enjoy reading your comments. I know that we share a lot of similar issues (substance abuse, mental illness, hospitalization, shitty jail experiences). It’s a lot, every fucking day. Suicides…