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What i am putting down is what ended up being his eulogy... one of the best and most honest memorials i have been to... he was spoken for.
Monday, July 10, 2006
absent companions
One of my shipmates committed suicide this saturday. He strangled himself in the middle of the night. He is Willy Hanson. He was a good kid, who just couldnt get things right. He was an alcoholic and a former drug addict. He joined the Navy to get out of his environment and hopefully to make something good out of himself.
He was caught underage drinking last november while going to BESS(Basic Enlisted Submarine School). He went into Subscol restriction in january 2006, and was given a choice on wether he wanted to stay in the Navy, or to pack his bags and go home. He chose to stay in. He knew that he didn't have anything that could be as good an opportunity as the Navy, and he knew that he messed up.
The thing is though that he was an alcoholic. After fighting to stay in the navy, he was presented an opportunity to get high while in restriction. He was caught, and his Navy career was over at that point. There was no one else to blaim for this, but himself... and he could not deal with that fact. He went UA before having to go back to Captain's Mast to where it would become official that he was getting kicked out. He completely relapsed.
Hanson came back to face the things that he had done after going on a month-long vacation. The Inevitable happened. He was put back on restriction, and was to be given an other than honorable discharge.
He got sober again while in restriction, and again realized how much he messed up. He decided to fight the discharge, and believed that he could be a beneficial part of this man's Navy. He was fighting it and doing well too. His girl was pregnant and he was going to try to do right by his future child.
Then he got out of restriction. He found out that his girl had cheated on him while he was in resriction. And he was now of legal age to drink.
He got drunk again and again and again. He could not stay sober. He was even drinking when he should have been at work. He would have had a hard time dealing with his problems sober... he was incapable of doing it while drunk.
his name was Willy Hanson, and he took his life late in the night when by himself in his barracks room on July 8 2006. His roommate found him with the cord still around his neck early Sunday morning.
He was a friend, and he couldn't stay sober. I will miss him, because he was at his heart a good person.
Willy, I wish you had taken me up on the offer to go back to AA, because you might still be here, and I wouldn't be crying .
Monday, July 10, 2006
absent companions
One of my shipmates committed suicide this saturday. He strangled himself in the middle of the night. He is Willy Hanson. He was a good kid, who just couldnt get things right. He was an alcoholic and a former drug addict. He joined the Navy to get out of his environment and hopefully to make something good out of himself.
He was caught underage drinking last november while going to BESS(Basic Enlisted Submarine School). He went into Subscol restriction in january 2006, and was given a choice on wether he wanted to stay in the Navy, or to pack his bags and go home. He chose to stay in. He knew that he didn't have anything that could be as good an opportunity as the Navy, and he knew that he messed up.
The thing is though that he was an alcoholic. After fighting to stay in the navy, he was presented an opportunity to get high while in restriction. He was caught, and his Navy career was over at that point. There was no one else to blaim for this, but himself... and he could not deal with that fact. He went UA before having to go back to Captain's Mast to where it would become official that he was getting kicked out. He completely relapsed.
Hanson came back to face the things that he had done after going on a month-long vacation. The Inevitable happened. He was put back on restriction, and was to be given an other than honorable discharge.
He got sober again while in restriction, and again realized how much he messed up. He decided to fight the discharge, and believed that he could be a beneficial part of this man's Navy. He was fighting it and doing well too. His girl was pregnant and he was going to try to do right by his future child.
Then he got out of restriction. He found out that his girl had cheated on him while he was in resriction. And he was now of legal age to drink.
He got drunk again and again and again. He could not stay sober. He was even drinking when he should have been at work. He would have had a hard time dealing with his problems sober... he was incapable of doing it while drunk.
his name was Willy Hanson, and he took his life late in the night when by himself in his barracks room on July 8 2006. His roommate found him with the cord still around his neck early Sunday morning.
He was a friend, and he couldn't stay sober. I will miss him, because he was at his heart a good person.
Willy, I wish you had taken me up on the offer to go back to AA, because you might still be here, and I wouldn't be crying .
1st- "But for the Grace of my Creator, there go I"
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2- Some of us die, so that others may live.
((hugs)), SG
2 yrs ago we lost a good friend to chirrosis of the liver. It is a terrifying disease. An awful way to die. I visited him the night before he died and he was in the worst shape. I cry when I think about it. He was only 35 yrs old. So all of you out there still drinking know that this could happen to you too. Go to AA, see your dr., do whatever you can to get sober. don't die like my friend did.
When we tell people our battle with Alcoholism is a life or death struggle they really cannot comprehend.
Let you never be forgotten Willy Hanson and let our prayers follow you to the meeting in the sky.