SAD NEWS SUMMER 123 HAS PASSED AWAY

[avisg]

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.

[ladyboop]

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

[mommy52713]

I am so sorry to hear that this happened I will pray for her family.

[kimmieb]

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....

[malenurse57]

I did'nt Know her but my wife and I will keep her family in prayer. God bless all

[cathy5841]

how sad.  i didnt know her, but i  will pray for her family.

[GoingToMakeIt]

We are glad that you didn't die. I think many of us have done some pretty stupid things as we look back.