Thanks Bob, I decided to become a mentor through personal experience. I have been in that place where I made a secret, conscious, detailed plan to end it all. My saving grace was that my wife refused to give up on me. She clung on desperately to the last thread holding me onto this planet. My plan involved an “accident” where she would be guaranteed my insurance payout. All I was waiting for was icy conditions or torrential rain and my plan would have succeeded. I even thought God was against me because he stuck a period of mild sunny weather in the middle of winter! No ice or rain! My despair collapsed so deep that I couldn’t even be bothered to end it all. I then received two telephone calls, within 10 minutes of each other, from the same bank, demanding money with threats of bailiffs and eviction. I broke down completely. The caller gave me a phone number which I called. One of my most serious problems disappeared within 24 hours!
Looking back, I like to think that, if there is a God, he deliberately put that sunny weather in the middle of winter to prevent me from taking my life.
I will help anybody I can through their own journey.