kilroy69 1,218 Posted October 30, 2023 I just got the news. I have known him for 37 years. He had a lot of ups and downs. Was a pretty bad alcoholic but was functional. We tried many times to get him help but it never worked. He went back to the bottle as soon as he could. I am 47 and I see people dying or possibly dying all around me. This is the 4th person I know that killed themselves. Getting old is not for the weak man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,615 Posted October 30, 2023 RIP kilroy69's friend... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strike 5,261 Posted October 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, kilroy69 said: I just got the news. I have known him for 37 years. He had a lot of ups and downs. Was a pretty bad alcoholic but was functional. We tried many times to get him help but it never worked. He went back to the bottle as soon as he could. I am 47 and I see people dying or possibly dying all around me. Getting old is not for the weak man. Sorry to hear man. Especially agree with the bolded. I'm 57 and until my 40's I had barely lost anyone. But since then it's been more and more every year it seems. So yeah, it sucks getting old. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 14,988 Posted October 30, 2023 RIP. Very sad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 6,578 Posted October 30, 2023 You were friends with Matthew Perry? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGotWorms 4,057 Posted October 30, 2023 Sorry about your friend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmmmm...beer 790 Posted October 30, 2023 Sorry dude... wife and I were juat talking about this. Lotta our peer group or younger dropping. I'm 48... same age group. The cancers.... heart attacks, and offing themselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 6,578 Posted October 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said: Sorry dude... wife and I were juat talking about this. Lotta our peer group or younger dropping. I'm 48... same age group. The cancers.... heart attacks, and offing themselves. Just had 2 younger guys (48) I went to HS with die from heart attacks. Way to go jab juice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wiffleball 4,788 Posted October 30, 2023 Hey man, I'm sorry. Suicide leaves a MF of a legacy. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 6,594 Posted October 30, 2023 Very sorry to hear Kilroy. I lost my main golf buddy to cancer this year, but haven't had anyone commit suicide. I imagine that would be very hard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fnord 2,063 Posted October 30, 2023 That sucks, sorry to hear. Agree about the getting old part. I haven't lost any close friends my age yet, but have gone through divorces, heart surgeries, joint replacements, addiction, cirrhosis, and deceased spouses and kids with them. Getting old ain't for the faint of heart, but it beats the alternative. Theoretically, anyway. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNewGirl 1,377 Posted October 30, 2023 I am so sorry Kilroy. I am turning 47 in a week or so, and I hear ya. Recently had a cousin take his life (he was mid 30s) and hearing that news broke my heart. We weren't super close over the years, but had recently reconnected and talked a lot about things we both loved; outdoors, hiking, karaoke. He was gone about a week or so later. Getting older sucks...but watching my parents age is hard too. We think we are getting older, but forget that they've been aging too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,503 Posted October 30, 2023 1 hour ago, kilroy69 said: I just got the news. I have known him for 37 years. He had a lot of ups and downs. Was a pretty bad alcoholic but was functional. We tried many times to get him help but it never worked. He went back to the bottle as soon as he could. I am 47 and I see people dying or possibly dying all around me. This is the 4th person I know that killed themselves. Getting old is not for the weak man. Sounds like you're the common denominator 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 2,324 Posted October 30, 2023 Sorry my brother. I lost three friends in the past three years. All alcohol related. One died whilst completely drunk and taking vicadins like candy. They found JH at the bottom of the stairs a week later from a fall and broken neck.My friend Frank was standing in line at an Exon gas station buying a sixer. Dropped dead of a heart attack. They found half an 8- ball in his truck. His brother Rick was found dead in his sleep. His father passed a year before and he couldn’t handle the stress of dealing with the stress. Autopsy showed his BAL was .6.0 and he had Zanax in him. As I write this, my best friend Rocket that I’ve known for almost fifty years has cirrhosis of the liver. He’ll be passing soon. All four drank themselves to death. Don’t want to jinx myself, but…… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 5,207 Posted October 30, 2023 My condolences, Kilroy.. Lots of stories from other posters but not me. I've been lucky in this. Death among even my parents generation, let alone close friends, is something that I've been able to avoid. The closest I have is a former very close friend who I'd lost contact with that snapped and murdered his family eight years ago, I posted about it at the time. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGavin 790 Posted October 30, 2023 We have come to that age that this happens Me: Remember (insert name here) Wife: Yeah Me: I ran into him in the city this morning Wife: Good because I thought you were going to says he’s dead. Years ago a buddy of mine got hooked on heroin. Got clean. Relapsed. 2 or three cycles. Got. Clean. Got a decent job. Killed himself and in the note said he loves heroin more then he loves life. Sad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TommyGavin 790 Posted October 30, 2023 Oh and sorry to hear Kilroy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thegeneral 2,988 Posted October 30, 2023 That sucks RIP. Take care of yourself everyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmmmm...beer 790 Posted October 30, 2023 50 minutes ago, edjr said: Just had 2 younger guys (48) I went to HS with die from heart attacks. Way to go jab juice Yeah....can't prove it, but was forced to take the jab or lose my job in the fed with 3 years to retire. Anyway... my blood pressure started running away last year. After being in very minimal medication for 10 years for it. Finally got it somewhat calmed down with a pile of different meds, but still flares up. All happened a few months after the jabs.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 14,988 Posted October 30, 2023 Mary took a dry dive from a hotel room Bobby hung himself in his cell in the tombs Judy jumped in front of a subway train Eddie got slit in the jugular vein. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GutterBoy 2,898 Posted October 30, 2023 18 minutes ago, thegeneral said: That sucks RIP. Take care of yourself everyone. Take care of others too. Reach out to someone to see how they're doing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seafoam1 2,817 Posted October 30, 2023 59 minutes ago, Fnord said: That sucks, sorry to hear. Agree about the getting old part. I haven't lost any close friends my age yet, but have gone through divorces, heart surgeries, joint replacements, addiction, cirrhosis, and deceased spouses and kids with them. Getting old ain't for the faint of heart, but it beats the alternative. Theoretically, anyway. I'm sure you have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seafoam1 2,817 Posted October 30, 2023 20 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said: Yeah....can't prove it, but was forced to take the jab or lose my job in the fed with 3 years to retire. Anyway... my blood pressure started running away last year. After being in very minimal medication for 10 years for it. Finally got it somewhat calmed down with a pile of different meds, but still flares up. All happened a few months after the jabs.... This is important. Too many still denying it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeenHereBefore 1,472 Posted October 30, 2023 2 hours ago, kilroy69 said: I just got the news. I have known him for 37 years. He had a lot of ups and downs. Was a pretty bad alcoholic but was functional. We tried many times to get him help but it never worked. He went back to the bottle as soon as he could. I am 47 and I see people dying or possibly dying all around me. This is the 4th person I know that killed themselves. Getting old is not for the weak man. Sorry Bro and My cousin who I was very close to and a friend from childhood both did it within two weeks apart two years ago. Alcohol and loneliness played a big part for both of them, I still can't get over my cousins and wish he talked to me about what he was going through. Sorry Killroy that is rough! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeenHereBefore 1,472 Posted October 30, 2023 1 hour ago, jerryskids said: Very sorry to hear Kilroy. I lost my main golf buddy to cancer this year, but haven't had anyone commit suicide. I imagine that would be very hard. It is the worse on people that cared about them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimHauck 2,633 Posted October 30, 2023 33 minutes ago, mmmmm...beer said: After being in very minimal medication for 10 years for it. All happened a few months after the jabs.... Not sure you know what “all” means? Sorry for your loss kilroy 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fireballer 2,639 Posted October 30, 2023 RIP Kilroys frined 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmmmm...beer 790 Posted October 30, 2023 43 minutes ago, TimHauck said: Not sure you know what “all” means? Sorry for your loss kilroy Thr blood pressures going goofy... after being stable for a decade. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jerryskids 6,594 Posted October 31, 2023 1 hour ago, BeenHereBefore said: It is the worse on people that cared about them. I imagine this is the case. I hope to never find out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkeye21 2,382 Posted October 31, 2023 Sorry to hear that. I’ve been thinking of my friend a lot today. He killed himself 11 years ago. Today is his birthday and he would be 42. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squistion 1,972 Posted October 31, 2023 Tragic. Sorry to hear that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gladiators 1,964 Posted October 31, 2023 Sorry man. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DonS 3,292 Posted October 31, 2023 Sorry to hear this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bier Meister 1,663 Posted October 31, 2023 Very sorry a month or two ago I found out a college friend took his life. Left behind a wife and 2 kids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gepetto 1,298 Posted October 31, 2023 Sorry about your friend. I just turned 50 a couple of weeks ago. Hope not to hear about this type of loss again. mmmmm...beer - my Aunt got Covid when it first started going around. She's in her 60s and developed high blood pressure after that. She also got the Covid vaccine a month or two after having gotten Covid so her high bp could be from the shot. She had never had high bp her entire life until then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeenHereBefore 1,472 Posted October 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Bier Meister said: Very sorry a month or two ago I found out a college friend took his life. Left behind a wife and 2 kids. Horrible! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kilroy69 1,218 Posted October 31, 2023 Thanks for all the kind words. It just seems crazy to me. I mentioned that I have known 4 people that have killed themselves. ALL of them had kids. One of them was an ex that shot herself in a park and ride. That was the one that focked me up most and I still have trauma from. She literally stopped by for a bang 3 days before she did it. It was one of the few times in my life I was left really truly shocked. To the point I still send her facebook messages sometimes. It left a lasting scar on my psyche. I have a 9 year old son and I can not imagine leaving him with that same scar. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porkbutt 892 Posted October 31, 2023 21 hours ago, BunnysBastatrds said: Sorry my brother. I lost three friends in the past three years. All alcohol related. One died whilst completely drunk and taking vicadins like candy. They found JH at the bottom of the stairs a week later from a fall and broken neck.My friend Frank was standing in line at an Exon gas station buying a sixer. Dropped dead of a heart attack. They found half an 8- ball in his truck. His brother Rick was found dead in his sleep. His father passed a year before and he couldn’t handle the stress of dealing with the stress. Autopsy showed his BAL was .6.0 and he had Zanax in him. As I write this, my best friend Rocket that I’ve known for almost fifty years has cirrhosis of the liver. He’ll be passing soon. All four drank themselves to death. Don’t want to jinx myself, but…… so it was the alcohol and not the vicadins, xanax, 8-ball, heart attack or broken neck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnysBastatrds 2,324 Posted October 31, 2023 27 minutes ago, porkbutt said: so it was the alcohol and not the vicadins, xanax, 8-ball, heart attack or broken neck? Alcohol was the main factor that leaded to their deaths. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
