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"Mental health and feeling suicidal"

About: Change Grow Live / CGL Stockport

(as a service user),

At the beginning of September I recently I tried taking my own life I was very depressed after losing my partner and children due to my lifestyle of binging on drink and drugs so days I would go drinking an not coming back for 4 days at a time.

I lost my job to a industrial accident which deemed me slightly disabled so I was in a lot of pain with my arm I had money worries so a lot of the stress was this I was in a dark place so I decided to try an end my life so I wasn't in pain anymore.. after this I decided to reach out for help an contacted cgl which is a phone call service a calming one who are helping me to try a stay off the drink an drugs currently.

I have not had a drink since that day in early September which is the longest I've not drank for at least 8 years they are also helping me strategies plans to divert my mind set on positives things to do so I don't fall back in the hole I was in.

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Response from Tony Horrocks, Volunteer, Peer mentor and Service user Involvement Co-ordinator, CGL Manchester, CGL 3 years ago
Tony Horrocks
Volunteer, Peer mentor and Service user Involvement Co-ordinator, CGL Manchester,
CGL
Submitted on 05/11/2020 at 09:38
Published on Care Opinion at 10:33


Hi MalcE

Thank you for an amazing story about how you have managed to overcome such a difficult part of your life. It is great to hear CGL Manchester could help you through this period in your life and its great to hear that you are doing well in your recovery. It sounds like you have put a lot of work in to achieve this.

If there is anything else you need don’t hesitate to contact CGL Manchester or myself

Tony Horrocks 07776656339.

Thanks for sharing your kind words!

Tony

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