It has been a long time since I smiled and my family and my near and dear ones were extremely worried at my condition. Thanks to the global economic crisis, I lost my full time job of 15 years. There were moments, full of agony, when I wanted to put an end to it all by committing suicide, but I desperately held out with the hope that one day or the other, I would see light at the end of the tunnel. I do not recall the exact sequence of events, but it was a close friend of mine who finally helped pull me out of the financial crevice.

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