Training, Training, Training....

So, today was a bit of training on suicide at the University.

Apparently, there was a major study done over a year and a half period that tracked things like binge drinking, suicide, depression and other cheery subjects.

I know all of you reading this are shocked to know that there is a pretty high percentage of people who attend college that drink quite often. I was also shocked.... Ok, maybe I wasn't that shocked, but the numbers were pretty interesting. Something like 48 percent of the people polled drank four or more drinks when they drank and roughly 16 percent drank more than 6 when they drank. Overall the answer to why they drank was to have fun.... duhhhh.

The shocking part of the whole study was about the suicide rates. Roughly 1100 people commit suicide at University every year. That is a pretty big number to me. I just never thought school was that tough, but I am also not very emotional. Also amazing to me is the rate at which people who know they have a problem will not get help. They know the help is there. They know they have a problem, but some thing like 17% of the people who need help actually seek it.

Ok, I have to go now. This is depressing.... Well, I made a vow to write on this thing more.... I didn't say it would be cheerful.