Originally Posted by Sinter24

I'm not sure why he would IM me out of the blue like this, once or twice when he'd been drinking, but never any suicidal thoughts or nothing to suggest he was unhappy really. I also found his home phone number and I tracked down his university .



I've never spoken to any of his family over the phone, just IM'd with this brother.

Thanks for the advice so far.

This was the entire IM message he sent me..

"long story short, i had really bad night, and of all the people on my 177 buddy list , i chose you to IM. i have been drinking semi-heavily as usual, but i also just took 3 sleep aids at once, of which 1 while sober usually knocks me out for a good 12 hours. so if i don't wake up tomorrow, contact my family and let them know i knew this was coming and i love them and my friends, peace."

I am going to call his university now.