I was feeling really down last night. Da blues had got me good ‘n strong.
I was lonely, confused and deeply depressed.
I decided this was it. Time to take the plunge … time to end it all.
But in one last gasp, one penultimate snatch at a straw, I phoned Lifeline.
I was put through to a call centre in Karachi, Pakistan.
I said I wanted to kill myself. I said I was suicidal. They said: “Can you drive a truck?”
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