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SAD NEWS SUMMER 123 HAS PASSED AWAY
I found out today from one of our members who posts on the anxiety forum as well that one of our members passed away last weekend .Summer123 spent a fair share of time on our forum helping members with benzo addictions .She will be missed greatly .I did not write this but felt it really needed to be shared.
We have received some very sad news.
One of our beloved members, summer123, passed away this last weekend.
She had apparently had a couple of glasses of wine, then unable to sleep, took a xanax, possibly two. Then later, still unable to sleep, she took ambien, followed later by another one. None of these alone would normally be lethal, but the combination, mixed with the alcohol, proved to be the cause of an accidental overdose. She was taken to the ER the following morning unresponsive.
This was not a suicide. Summer was not suicidal. She apparently was doing well emotionally and feeling positive about life. But she did struggle with insomnia, and just desperately wanted some sleep that night. She just accidentally went a step too far in an attempt to attain it.
She and her family are in our thoughts and prayers.
We have received some very sad news.
One of our beloved members, summer123, passed away this last weekend.
She had apparently had a couple of glasses of wine, then unable to sleep, took a xanax, possibly two. Then later, still unable to sleep, she took ambien, followed later by another one. None of these alone would normally be lethal, but the combination, mixed with the alcohol, proved to be the cause of an accidental overdose. She was taken to the ER the following morning unresponsive.
This was not a suicide. Summer was not suicidal. She apparently was doing well emotionally and feeling positive about life. But she did struggle with insomnia, and just desperately wanted some sleep that night. She just accidentally went a step too far in an attempt to attain it.
She and her family are in our thoughts and prayers.
Summer, I never had the pleasure of speaking with you, or really knowing you. Your message speaks so sad and clear that a couple glasses of wine, a xanax, and a couple of ambien, can, and has taken your precious life far too soon
May your legacy and contributions to both forums never be in vain.
RIP
May your legacy and contributions to both forums never be in vain.
RIP
I am praying for summers family and it does i hit home.......i am here because of my sons addiction to heroin but recently was in er for bells paulsy they thought i was having a stroke but it was all stress related and i was having a problem sleeping so the dr perscribe ativan and i took it and it help but it did work better with a glass of wine and than i found them in my son alex's room and so i stopped through them out and this is a wake up call for me....................i am so sad for summers family but it could save another GOD bless us one and all...............alex's mom
That is awful and my prayers go out to her family. I have insomnia as well so I this really makes me think.
What an awful thing. I'm so very sorry for her family. And I, like some of the rest of us, could have been in the same position. I will pray for her family and friends...
And bumping!
And bumping!
I would like to see this up near the top at least threw today. There aren't as many people here on the weekend then the week .
This is very sad.. something that will make you think twice before mixing different drug after drinking.. Heck I worry and don't even drink..
May the Lord bless her family & friends during this difficult time..
Lady
May the Lord bless her family & friends during this difficult time..
Lady
this hits VERY close to home for me.....as i have struggled with severe insomnia for about 10 straight years now.....five of them (until about a month ago) on ativan....after 5 years on ativan, my body understandably developed not only a physical dependency (never mental, but certainly physical) but also again, a physical tolerance, so it took more and more to work for the insomnia.....i had been in that exact same boat as summer at times....have taken what i thought wasn't a lethal amount or combination of anything, but perhaps, after reading this, certainly could have been, without a doubt....absolutely....and i'm not a heavy drinker (not even socially) and certainly not a severe pill popper when it came to the ativan, never abused....but did keep upping the dosage over the years, as prescribed....anyway, all of this to say, that this could very well have been me, a wife and mommy of two young kids....scary to think, huh, how easily this kinda stuff happens???? not intentionally at all, just in search of some good, much-need, quality sleep....and so many people dont' understand the devastated world of the long-time insomniac, unfortunately, until something like this happens.....how sad, how very sad....for all of her loved ones left behind....they are in my prayers....and i, for one, can honestly say that could have been me, if i hadn't made the conscious choice to get myself off of those benzos....they are horrid....and more dangerous than i ever knew myself....and more dangerous than most on here know....PLEASE, please always remember summer and her story....and proceed with extreme caution on any and all benzos, as well as sleeping meds (they can be extremely dangerous too, another thing that most people in the general public don't realize)...
sad story....and hits very close to home....avis, thanks for sharing this on this forum....really appreciate it very much....
sad story....and hits very close to home....avis, thanks for sharing this on this forum....really appreciate it very much....
I did'nt Know her but my wife and I will keep her family in prayer. God bless all
We are glad that you didn't die. I think many of us have done some pretty stupid things as we look back.
benzos are alot more dangerous then people think ,even more so when mixed with other drugs and alcohol .Wine and benzos was a normal thing for me for a long time I never even considered the possibility that I could die .very scary
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This is indeed so sad. This is the fear my husband had for me. Those who mix the drink, sleepers and anxiety meds are really at risk. It is so scary. Prayers for her family. tj
Don't like this kind of news, but we need to hear it. Prayers will with her and family. And a lesson on mixing things together.
Reminds me of another person - myself. I was so close to history. Many odd and unusual things happenned for my wife to happen to find me at the correct time when I was passed out and not breathing. Later to find that it was most likely a compromised liver function that turned a normal (for me) dose into an ER visit - there is always one more SOB than you counted on in the woodwork -
Reminds me of another person - myself. I was so close to history. Many odd and unusual things happenned for my wife to happen to find me at the correct time when I was passed out and not breathing. Later to find that it was most likely a compromised liver function that turned a normal (for me) dose into an ER visit - there is always one more SOB than you counted on in the woodwork -
Here's some special prayers from the other side of the pond
God Bless you and May You Be In Peace
God Bless you and May You Be In Peace
Thankyou for posting this Avis . How awful.It really makes you think,.this could happen to anyone of us when trying especially to battle insomnia..Her family is in my prayers.
I did not know her but she will be in my prayers...very sad...and her family must be hurting so badly right now...my prayers are with thm as well
EVERYDAY I pray for those that are struggling with addiction and for those that have lost the battle and their loved ones so today this person will be in my prayers. In passing though Summer has left a clear message for us all,,,drinking may not be your "doc" and doesnt seem to be a problem but when your fighting to end your use of other drugs,,opiates,benzos whatever you need to make clear choices that arent effected by other mind altering substances. There is no safe recipe for mixing drugs. So even in passing Summer has reached out to help the addict who still suffers and I"ll include my gratitude to her in my prayers.
OMG.....This is sooooo sad!!!
Her family will most definatly be in my thoughts and prayers!
Her family will most definatly be in my thoughts and prayers!
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