i'm having a real hard time staying neutral or even sympathetic on this one. yes, it's a tragedy to lose a friend, especially someone this young...
however...
he did it to himself. i'm trying to make myself feel bad about his death but it just keeps resonating back in my head that it's his own damn fault that his only source of any kind of a grounding in life came from the bottle. from how you described him, he must have been surrounded by many people who all liked him, i just wonder what grows inside a man who is surrounded by so many people who love him to drive all of that good karma away and run off to the bottle. it makes no sense to me. i am truly sorry for yoru loss, hank, i've never had a loss that close to me and hope that i'll be able to say that for years to come.
i just can't feel sorry for the man that killed himself.
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