Willie Aames + Suicide Attempt (Even though it was reported in Star Magazine)

[Guest guest]

I hate to be so morbid, but I'll bet the combination of having been on AD & anti-anxiety meds PLUS quitiing "cold-turkey" add up to another, probably successful, suicide attempt.

When will we wake up?

Oh, well, I think he had a pretty wholesome image, although he mentions that he quit drinking about 20 years ago, so perhaps that was an issue. Maybe the media will paint him in a better light than they did poor Heath Ledger, , etc. On second thought...nah...they'll drag him through the mud, too. It's the only way they can dilute the image of Pharma killing off the "stars" who happen to get in the way of them killing the rest of us.

Terry

WILLIE AAMES FIGHTS BACK AFTER SUICIDE ATTEMPT

http://www.starmagazine.com/news/15067

Playing Tommy Bradford on Eight is Enough and Buddy Lembeck on in Charge, the curly-haired Willie Aames developed a huge following — with pin-up photos in teenybopper magazines to prove it. Now 48, the former child star opens up to Star in our Jan. 19 issue about his shocking Thanksgiving Day suicide attempt — and how he's getting his life back on track. Willie confides that he tumbled into a dark pit of despair when Maylo Upton, his wife of 22 years, asked for a divorce. Depressed and shaken, he left their Kansas home and rented a room from a friend in Los Angeles. That's when Willie lost it. "I stole a bottle of Jack 's from the guy I was renting the room from," Willie tells Star in an exclusive interview. "I'd been sober for 20 years when I took that first drink. I was also taking antidepressants and antianxiety pills. It got so bad, I put a knife to my throat and cut myself in six places. The police came, put me in handcuffs and whisked me away. I was completely devastated... I kept asking, 'What did I do wrong?'" Just a month earlier, Willie — whose last TV appearance was on the VH1 reality series Celebrity Fit Club — had declared bankruptcy and had his car repossessed. Then Maylo, 45, left him. It was more than he could take. After he was taken to the USC psych ward in L.A., a doctor told him that "most people were there because they'd either lost a job, a family member or relocated," Willie recalls. "I was there for of all those." Pick up the Star — on sale now — for the full story, including his doctor's scary observation, his drastic decision to quit taking his medications cold turkey and what he's doing to carve out a new life for himself.

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." - Edison

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[Guest guest]

I hate to be so morbid, but I'll bet the combination of having been on AD & anti-anxiety meds PLUS quitiing "cold-turkey" add up to another, probably successful, suicide attempt.

When will we wake up?

Oh, well, I think he had a pretty wholesome image, although he mentions that he quit drinking about 20 years ago, so perhaps that was an issue. Maybe the media will paint him in a better light than they did poor Heath Ledger, , etc. On second thought...nah...they'll drag him through the mud, too. It's the only way they can dilute the image of Pharma killing off the "stars" who happen to get in the way of them killing the rest of us.

Terry

WILLIE AAMES FIGHTS BACK AFTER SUICIDE ATTEMPT

http://www.starmagazine.com/news/15067

Playing Tommy Bradford on Eight is Enough and Buddy Lembeck on in Charge, the curly-haired Willie Aames developed a huge following — with pin-up photos in teenybopper magazines to prove it. Now 48, the former child star opens up to Star in our Jan. 19 issue about his shocking Thanksgiving Day suicide attempt — and how he's getting his life back on track. Willie confides that he tumbled into a dark pit of despair when Maylo Upton, his wife of 22 years, asked for a divorce. Depressed and shaken, he left their Kansas home and rented a room from a friend in Los Angeles. That's when Willie lost it. "I stole a bottle of Jack 's from the guy I was renting the room from," Willie tells Star in an exclusive interview. "I'd been sober for 20 years when I took that first drink. I was also taking antidepressants and antianxiety pills. It got so bad, I put a knife to my throat and cut myself in six places. The police came, put me in handcuffs and whisked me away. I was completely devastated... I kept asking, 'What did I do wrong?'" Just a month earlier, Willie — whose last TV appearance was on the VH1 reality series Celebrity Fit Club — had declared bankruptcy and had his car repossessed. Then Maylo, 45, left him. It was more than he could take. After he was taken to the USC psych ward in L.A., a doctor told him that "most people were there because they'd either lost a job, a family member or relocated," Willie recalls. "I was there for of all those." Pick up the Star — on sale now — for the full story, including his doctor's scary observation, his drastic decision to quit taking his medications cold turkey and what he's doing to carve out a new life for himself.

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." - Edison

--- FAIR USE NOTICE: This transmittal may contain copyrighted material which is made available for educational purposes and to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. The sender asserts that this transmittal constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without profit.

[Guest guest]

I hate to be so morbid, but I'll bet the combination of having been on AD & anti-anxiety meds PLUS quitiing "cold-turkey" add up to another, probably successful, suicide attempt.

When will we wake up?

Oh, well, I think he had a pretty wholesome image, although he mentions that he quit drinking about 20 years ago, so perhaps that was an issue. Maybe the media will paint him in a better light than they did poor Heath Ledger, , etc. On second thought...nah...they'll drag him through the mud, too. It's the only way they can dilute the image of Pharma killing off the "stars" who happen to get in the way of them killing the rest of us.

Terry

WILLIE AAMES FIGHTS BACK AFTER SUICIDE ATTEMPT

http://www.starmagazine.com/news/15067

Playing Tommy Bradford on Eight is Enough and Buddy Lembeck on in Charge, the curly-haired Willie Aames developed a huge following — with pin-up photos in teenybopper magazines to prove it. Now 48, the former child star opens up to Star in our Jan. 19 issue about his shocking Thanksgiving Day suicide attempt — and how he's getting his life back on track. Willie confides that he tumbled into a dark pit of despair when Maylo Upton, his wife of 22 years, asked for a divorce. Depressed and shaken, he left their Kansas home and rented a room from a friend in Los Angeles. That's when Willie lost it. "I stole a bottle of Jack 's from the guy I was renting the room from," Willie tells Star in an exclusive interview. "I'd been sober for 20 years when I took that first drink. I was also taking antidepressants and antianxiety pills. It got so bad, I put a knife to my throat and cut myself in six places. The police came, put me in handcuffs and whisked me away. I was completely devastated... I kept asking, 'What did I do wrong?'" Just a month earlier, Willie — whose last TV appearance was on the VH1 reality series Celebrity Fit Club — had declared bankruptcy and had his car repossessed. Then Maylo, 45, left him. It was more than he could take. After he was taken to the USC psych ward in L.A., a doctor told him that "most people were there because they'd either lost a job, a family member or relocated," Willie recalls. "I was there for of all those." Pick up the Star — on sale now — for the full story, including his doctor's scary observation, his drastic decision to quit taking his medications cold turkey and what he's doing to carve out a new life for himself.

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." - Edison

--- FAIR USE NOTICE: This transmittal may contain copyrighted material which is made available for educational purposes and to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. The sender asserts that this transmittal constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without profit.

[Guest guest]

I hate to be so morbid, but I'll bet the combination of having been on AD & anti-anxiety meds PLUS quitiing "cold-turkey" add up to another, probably successful, suicide attempt.

When will we wake up?

Oh, well, I think he had a pretty wholesome image, although he mentions that he quit drinking about 20 years ago, so perhaps that was an issue. Maybe the media will paint him in a better light than they did poor Heath Ledger, , etc. On second thought...nah...they'll drag him through the mud, too. It's the only way they can dilute the image of Pharma killing off the "stars" who happen to get in the way of them killing the rest of us.

Terry

WILLIE AAMES FIGHTS BACK AFTER SUICIDE ATTEMPT

http://www.starmagazine.com/news/15067

Playing Tommy Bradford on Eight is Enough and Buddy Lembeck on in Charge, the curly-haired Willie Aames developed a huge following — with pin-up photos in teenybopper magazines to prove it. Now 48, the former child star opens up to Star in our Jan. 19 issue about his shocking Thanksgiving Day suicide attempt — and how he's getting his life back on track. Willie confides that he tumbled into a dark pit of despair when Maylo Upton, his wife of 22 years, asked for a divorce. Depressed and shaken, he left their Kansas home and rented a room from a friend in Los Angeles. That's when Willie lost it. "I stole a bottle of Jack 's from the guy I was renting the room from," Willie tells Star in an exclusive interview. "I'd been sober for 20 years when I took that first drink. I was also taking antidepressants and antianxiety pills. It got so bad, I put a knife to my throat and cut myself in six places. The police came, put me in handcuffs and whisked me away. I was completely devastated... I kept asking, 'What did I do wrong?'" Just a month earlier, Willie — whose last TV appearance was on the VH1 reality series Celebrity Fit Club — had declared bankruptcy and had his car repossessed. Then Maylo, 45, left him. It was more than he could take. After he was taken to the USC psych ward in L.A., a doctor told him that "most people were there because they'd either lost a job, a family member or relocated," Willie recalls. "I was there for of all those." Pick up the Star — on sale now — for the full story, including his doctor's scary observation, his drastic decision to quit taking his medications cold turkey and what he's doing to carve out a new life for himself.

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease." - Edison

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