> Ask a family member or a friend of alcoholic or a gambler or a druggie what success they have had just "listening" Suicide and chemical addiction are not the

> Ask a family member or a friend of alcoholic or a gambler or a druggie what success they have had just "listening" Suicide and chemical addiction are not the same thing. Also, while someone going in a bender may get hurt, someone trying to kill themselves... is a much deeper risk. To say listening will not help is very much wrong. In a lot of cases someone who is suicidal (my kids both did and the person they told is why I still have five kids) will literally tell others what they are planning.