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Re:People who die by suicide want to stop suffering, not to ... by plandis on Saturday May 20, 2023 @10:28AM (#36012201)
> I personally know many people that were once far worse off than that gentleman, and are now doing quite well

This sounds extremely callous unless you were the dead man’s therapist or close personal friend. Surely you’re not going to infer you understand the situation from news articles.

> proven alternate solutions

Plenty of people seek help and yet still die of alcoholism despite trying to fix the addiction. There is no 100% guaranteed solution, and unless you are intimately familiar with the dead man’s life I really don’t understand how you can assume he didn’t try to get clean.

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Re:People who die by suicide want to stop suffering, not to ... by naasking on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:28PM (#36013274)
> Surely you’re not going to infer you understand the situation from news articles.

Surely you're not presuming you understand the horrors that the OP has himself witnessed or been privy to? For all you know the OP could have been working with addicts for 50 years and literally seen it all. Maybe be a bit more charitable.

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Re:People who die by suicide want to stop suffering, not to ... by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:33PM (#36013320)
> 50 years

42, actually.

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