
Suicide, Addiction and Healing
“I am not the hero. I am the one who stared death in the face and taunted it. This story is about giving up. This story is about holding on.” Robert Imbeault When I first read the candid words of Robert Imbeault, the author of “Before I Leave You: A Memoir on Suicide, Addiction and Healing” I had a physical reaction to them. What my body was responding to was the raw, honest and critical way in which Robert viewed himself. It was familiar and thought provoking -- a way of be