User blog comment:Jack Daggerstealer/Family Troubles & Possible Suicide/@comment-3242795-20130621053810

No long speeches, nothing. Just going to say that if you commit suicide, you need to put everything in perspective. As an atheist, you'll see this better. There's no better side. You have one shot at living, and if you're going to throw it away over a bad chapter, you need to reassess yourself. There's no reincarnated soul. This is literally it. You will cease to exist. And in light of one person. You're going to let one person drag it all down? That's pathetic. Kick yourself in the ass, get back into a standing position, and march right back into the ring if you have anything of value, anything worth fighting for. And you will always have something to fight for: the unknown. Because it's undiscovered, there's infinite possibility. You could become rich tomorrow. Your dad could be put in jail. You won't know.

And if you can't kick yourself in the ass to get back up, get someone to help you back up. Sure, someone along the line will call you crazy. But who gets to define "sane?" Certainly not Mr. BNO down there.

As for your father, it's your duty to your mother and yourself to get both of you help. Contact the authorities for domestic disturbance - with today's technology, he can't hide the marks of his nails or the outline of his hand.