My Nonprofit Reviews

tcmog
Review for Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors, Evanston, IL, USA
Stumbling onto Alliance of Hope four months after we lost our son to suicide was serendipity. I was drowning in my grief. It was the height of the pandemic, support groups were online and only meeting sporadically, and the isolation, trauma, and stigma were overwhelming my personal coping abilities. I had no where to go with the pain. The AoH community instantly resonated with me. It became my daily go-to support system. Even two years later, I visit the forum every day. I often think to myself what an incredible gift Ronnie Walker (started AoH) gave to the suicide loss survivor community. I am so grateful for this forum. It is well organized and full of great resources. The moderators are amazing! They are loss survivors who possess an incredible ability to really "listen," understand, and respond within a short amount of time to a variety of complex situations. Their words are so often spot on and leave me feeling calmer and more hopeful. I am sad that there are so many new members everyday but I am truly grateful that AoH exists to provide that absolutely needed support for this type of complicated loss.