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OT: Please read this at least once (12-9-23)

Jay G. Tate

IT'S A TRAP!
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Jan 17, 2003
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Bunk:

We recently lost another member of our AuburnSports.com family to suicide. He was "just a lurker," but he was active on the Brain Drain and really enjoyed reading what you all had to say. He also loved the Auburn Tigers.

I am not going to identify this person out of respect for his family. I hope you understand.

He was in his late 30s. He was a very popular physician who helped a LOT of people through the course of his career. I know this because dozens of them posted on his obit page about how he'd improved their lives, given them their lives back, all that. Our guy was a hero. An actual hero. And he still felt so down and so alienated and so hopeless, you know? Even Superman has his demons.

That makes four members (that I know about) who have died by suicide since I took over as commodore in 2012. That is four too many. I "knew" three of them personally. They were good men. Good Auburn men.

PLEASE DO ME THIS FAVOR:
If you find yourself thinking about suicide, contemplating suicide, feeling like you're in a really dark place, reach out and talk to someone about it. My DMs are open all the time. I can listen or get you connected to someone smarter who understands things better than me.

Or you can call or text 988 and get connected with someone 24 hours per day.

You are loved. You are lovable. I love every single one of you.

❤️
 
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