How not to commit suicide, by Art Kleiner

"So when I went to emergency room physicians, paramedics and therapists, I expected to hear of many people who might have needed this information -- people who, faced with a grim illness and no alternatives to it, had tried to kill themselves and ended in the emergency room instead. Wrong. People who plan deliberate suicides usually succeed -- as Humphry said, everything in the suicide manuals can also be found in medical textbooks. People in emergency rooms are usually people who attempted suicide on impulse, in temporary despair or anger. Many decide later that it was a mistake."

painful and difficult to read, but worth it, in my opinion.

my recommendation is that you read it if you are certain that you are or certain that you aren't going to commit suicide soon. if you aren't, it's full of information that i find to be thought provoking. if you are, it'll help keep you from doing it wrong.