Coping With Suicide

My name is Bob Cristello and on August 16, 2017, my son, Anthony James Cristello, took his own life at the age of 35. On that day I became a member of a worldwide club that no one asked to become a member of.

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Thank you, for letting me share my experience, strength and hope with you. I only ask you that you believe, that I believe, that hope is possible.

For Want Of A Nail

As a United States Army Veteran, I ask that you remember all who have given their lives in the wars that have built our great nation. We can agree that we would live in no other place even with our differences. We can agree that we want the best for our children and that we do not wish for them to endure the hardships of our own past or those of our human neighbors.

22 Per Day: Veterans Suicide

The best possible way to help in any situation is to bring about awareness. It is important to tell our stories to each other. When we do that with each other, we find significant change can come into our lives if we allow it to. Once this change is within us, we cannot help but reach out to others.

Parent Of Suicide

I am a Parent Of Suicide. My mission is to share my personal experience, strength, and hope with the world. My son took his own life many years ago and was dead. My son is now very much alive for me. He is alive because others talk to him about me, which they stopped doing on the day he died.

We Came To Believe

If you are new, please take a moment and read some of the posts. If you can, just click on a hug button or a heart button. If you feel strong enough, answer another post. If you are brave, create a post of your own. If you are hurting, please reach out.

Why am I so Angry?

Part of my recovery, and that is what I call if for I know no other way to describe this experience other than to equate it with a disease that wants to kill me, has been to learn acceptance and tolerance. If you ever see me putting it into practice I probably look like a toddler taking his first steps.

How do I move on?

The answer is, you don’t. I honestly hate to be the one to tell you this, but you never do. Once you accept that then you will start to understand that acceptance is a key tenet in this community. If you don’t like that it is a key tenet of our community, you are in good company because I don’t like it either. I am pretty sure that none of us like anything about this.

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