More sad news to share. But first, let me explain something. I don’t share this news with you to make you feel bad or scare you when it comes to your own situation. If you’re reading this blog, it means you’re doing something to get yourself better. You’re reaching out to learn more, and hopefully you’re getting treated. At minimum, I’ll be here for you if you need me. I share sad news because it’s extremely important that everyone be informed about the most dire consequences of our illness. This is real life, and people need to be confronted with it so that they might be urged on to act, and act quickly.

PLEASE write your senators and congressmen and women and tell them to pass the MOTHERS Act. I know it seems futile – I myself had never done it until now. But we’ve got to do something. Click here and look on the left side of the screen where you can enter your zip code. Feel free to print out my story from the other day and this one so that you have proof to share that more people could get harmed if something isn’t done.

Here’s the news, from yesterday’s Fayetteville Observer (NC):

"By the time detectives got to the two-story brick home in northern Cumberland County on Tuesday, Faye Johnson Vick and her two children had likely been dead for several days.

Detectives found their bodies inside Faye Vick’s vehicle, which was parked in the two-car garage and had run out of gas.

On Wednesday, investigators said Faye Vick killed herself and her children, 2-year-old Jason Vick and 3-month-old Madison Vick. A state Medical Examiner’s Office report said the three died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

No one can be sure what went through Vick’s mind before she climbed inside the vehicle with her two children and turned on the engine.

Debbie Tanna, a spokeswoman for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, said Faye Vick, who was 39, had a history of postpartum depression …"