All Blacks Don't Cry

I read John Kirwin's book. An excellent read and full of HOPE. John Kirwin was my favourite All Black of all time. I rated him above Jonah for his dexterity. It took me two days to read it and it was the most reading I've done in months. I enjoyed it so much but I note that John is coming from a position where he has recovered and has managed the fairy tale recovery. Apparently he has been well for years and doesn't fear Mental Illness. But Depression is different from Bi-Polar and Schizophrenia. The fairy tale recovery often doesn't happen and in my case I would say that I have had not one, but over thirty mental breakdowns. Each time with suicidal depression and who could blame me. I pull myself out of it only to slide down the slippery slope again. I don't mean to be ungrateful to all the lovely people that have helped me along the way but I simply ask "Shouldn't the choice for Euthanasia be an option after 10 years?" Many people respond well with medication and live relatively normal lives but there are some, like myself, never quite recover enough to live the fairy tale. I am angry with the inhumanity with which the Purists argue that euthanasia should not be an option for the Mentally unwell when they don't know what it like to slip down the Abyss or what it is like to live like a Skeleton in a Closet for most of one's life and envy those who live in Prison. I liken it to the Moralist's next best thing to wanking because that's their way of getting off without empathising. And I hate to be so honest but I think it is total hypocrisy not to understand why people with no work prospects and diminished faculties would fear a life worse than death with little or no HOPE!