Words Matter: Suicide is NOT a crime

Stigma kills.

Words matter.

Knowledge is power.

Through education and conversation we CAN change how the world views mental illness and suicide. Will you start by sharing this and helping others learn why every word matters?

2 thoughts on “Words Matter: Suicide is NOT a crime”

  1. Hi I have 3 sons. My middle one is addicted to coke. He is 42 years old. He is living with me. My husband…his father passed 3 years ago. I have been deal8ng with his abuse since my husband passed. He did live in Winnipeg but when my hubby passed he came back to live with me. Oh how I wish I had never ever said yes. He burned all his bridges back there and burnt so many people for money. Now he is doing it here. He is stealing stuff from the shop that belong to his brother’s…and he has been stealing from me. All to put up his nose. I cant do this anymore. My mental health is really suffered. I am also afraid that so long as he owes all these people money. And lives with me … my safety is in jeopardy…..if they come for payback. He is a compulsive liar to our faces…… I know he has nowhere to go but he is 42…I cannot and will not enable him anymore.

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    1. You can’t live with that. I know you feel like a doormat which is awful. And you love him but it’s OK to love him and not let him live with you. If you read Ryan Hampton’s Book, The American Fix, you’ll read about his mom, too. She loved her son and it’s a great portrait of how to show your love to someone who is addicted without letting them live with you.

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