Hi Irene,

If you were a paid psychologist and he started threatening suicide, you would be legally obligated to report it to the authorities. So you did the right thing. What if he was serious? Some people are. While he’s in jail, he will probably become clean. Once out, he will know not to talk that way to people, not to intake illegal substances, and never to put certain things in writing.

You didn’t ruin his life. You saved it. Literally.

You can’t do wrong when you do the right thing. He is learning how to do and say the right things. That’s all there is to it!

You Were Right,

Inky