Sean Hoolehan, CGCS said: Scott Wahlin, CGCS said: I had a car accident in 1982. A bunch of people were hurt including me. I still have pain from it that is getting worse and keeps me from playing golf. The accident was my fault. The only reason I don't hang myself is because it would please my ex-wife, David and Peter.
Scott,
Suicide is no joke. It has devastating consequences and is 100% preventable.
The fact that you shared this on the forum is either a scream for help or extremely bad taste.
Get help either way. http://www.suicidehotlines.com/
You have shared many facets of your life here on the forums. It is really a amazing story of perseverance, and you are part of our GCSAA forum family. Just like family we do not always agree but we still care.
Sean
I can certainly understand how that comment could be misinterpreted. I am not going to seek out help for having bad taste sometimes. I do not see that as making a difference to those that are suicidal or make my life any more enjoyable. My point was that people make stupid mistakes. That is nothing new. I had a bad car accident. It was my fault. People got hurt. I am not alone.
I have been assigned to work Manager-on-Duty at resorts where I worked in the past. People come to hotels to commit suicide. They are secure. They won't be found by a family member. There is no mess to clean up at home. I had a few on my watch. No one ever dies in the hotel. I mean they are obviously gone, but they do not pronounce them dead until after they are out. The rooms are taken down to bare concrete walls and sanitized. The exact styles and colors of new stuff is put back in the room even if the room is scheduled for renovation in three months. I re-carpeted my 3000 square foot house using the new carpet from suicide rooms that was all less than six months old.
When my son was in Afghanistan he was told not to be taken alive. My son-in-law flies tankers over Afghanistan. They give him a handgun that holds twenty rounds. They told him that if should ever need to use it, the first 19 and for the enemy and the last one is for him.
I understand there are religions that intimate that you will go to hell for committing suicide. If you approach from a strictly Biblical point of view, that is certainly debatable.