[Baypiggies] Suicide

[Shannon -jj Behrens]

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Rami Chowdhury <rami.chowdhury at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:03:23 -0800, Shannon -jj Behrens <jjinux at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Rami Chowdhury
>> <rami.chowdhury at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday 06 November 2009 22:17:50 Shannon -jj Behrens wrote:
>>>
>>>> My friend committed suicide. He was a brilliant programmer, and he had
>>>> everything going for him. He was very successful.
>>>>
>>>
>>> My sincere condolences -- if there's any way I / we can help you out,
>>> please
>>> let me / us know.
>>>
>>>  I'm crushed because I know I could have helped if only he had given me
>>>> a chance.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I wish that were always true :-( Sometimes there isn't much anyone can
>>> do.
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks, Rami.  I think we *can* help.
>>
>> I have a friend who said he helped prevent his friend from committing
>> suicide.  A group of friends noticed that this guy was going downhill
>> quickly.  They forced him to eat, take a shower, and get on a plane.
>> On the other side, they got him an internship at a new company.  Years
>> later, he was very successful and thanked them for saving his life.
>>
>> It only takes a small light to light up a dark room so that you can
>> find the door.
>>
>
> http://www.samaritans.org/
>
> Do you think something like this would work in the US? They've saved the
> lives of several people I know in the UK...
>

It works, eh?  That's great!  You should post that comment on my blog for
any other people who are looking.  There must be groups in the US who are
similar, although I don't know of any or whether they are successful.  I
think that we in the FOSS world have to really look out for each other
because the nature of our work can really wear us down over the long haul.

-jj

-- 
In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with
great love. -- Mother Teresa
http://jjinux.blogspot.com/
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