Detroit Free Press · Mar 6, 2016
Lawrence Jackson considered suicide, sought help, wants to set example
It started last winter with Google searches.
Athletes who committed suicide.
Celebrities who committed suicide.
Methods for killing yourself.
By the time summer rolled around, with his mind in a deepening depression, Lawrence Jackson’s casual interest in suicide had turned into full-blown infatuation.
He drove by one bridge and thought to himself, “Damn, I can jump off that bridge.” He stopped himself from driving to another.
One day, as he held a kitchen knife in his hand, he thought, “Are you serious, or are you not about this?” Another, after he had made plans to pay off his mother’s house so she wouldn’t be burdened by debt, he wrapped a belt around his neck.
