After helping his friend Christopher Reeves find a reason to live after his horseback riding accident, Williams could not do the same for himself. That is tragic.
Very early in my sobriety, I was suffering from great depression. I saw a counselor who helped me through a rough time. At her well attended funeral, I was one of four people allowed to eulogize her.
What I said was that when I was having difficulty finding reasons to live, she helped me find them. Like Williams, she had the gift of inspiration and love.