330: Understanding and Preventing Suicide with Anne Moss Rogers

The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant · Sep 1, 2022 · 55m

Anne Moss Rogers will never forget the day she got the news that no parent wants to hear: her son had died.

And then a second piece of news came like a punch to the gut: he had died by suicide.

Anne Moss and her husband knew he had been struggling with alcohol and drugs, but they didn't realize he had been using substances to mask thoughts of suicide. On top of their loss and grief, they were forced to wrestle with the questions that often come in the wake of suicide: Did they miss the signs? Was there more they could have done? How could such a wonderful person like their son feel so…