So true. So true. The WORST advice to depressed people is to reach out for help especially if they are so down they are considering ending their pain with the ultimate act. This song is real. So the best advice is to realize you have to find your strength from within and from faith in a higher power and from strangers because for them it's ironically the heavy burden it is for people who care the most. They just can't handle it, so they distance from you right when you need them the most.
Been there. And I'm there again. PTSD from grief over one loss after another for over 10 years culminating in invasive breast cancer 900 miles from home. Lost three friends the past three months. Maybe a fourth. No blame. All four are dealing with trauma themselves. Can't handle more.
On this day in 1967 {April 9th} "Everybody Loves A Winner" by William Bell entered Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #95, the following week it remained at #95 and that was also it's second and final week on the Top 100... And eight weeks later it would peak at #18 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart... Between 1966 and 1986 the Tennessee native had eighteen records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, two made the Top 10, "I Forgot To Be Your Lover" {#10 in 1968} and "Tryin' To Love Two" {#1 for 1 week in 1977}... William Bell, born William Yarbrough, will celebrate his 80th birthday in three months on July 16th, 2019...
