The poet Ozzy Osbourne once wrote “Wine is Fine, but Whiskey’s Quicker.” Even quicker than wine or whiskey is an alcoholic with untreated mental illness. An alcoholic death is a slow suicide, but many of us fast-track death before we can get help.

Please don’t become a sad statistic. Contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline if you or a loved one need help:

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: (800) 273-8255 (confidential, 24 hrs)

SOURCES:

National Safety Council – https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-and-rates/

US DOJ – https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/topic-pages/tables/table-1

CDC Data Visualization Tool – https://gis.cdc.gov/Cancer/USCS/DataViz.html

SAMHSA – https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FFR1-2016/NSDUH-FFR1-2016.htm#fn1

National Institute of Mental Health – https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/suicide.shtml)