suicide survivor has opened up after losing all four of his siblings and a nephew to mental health battles over the last 28 years.
Billy McAvoy, from Stevenston, Ayrshire, was forced to say goodbye to his brother John in 1993 after he took his own life aged just 24.
The 58-year-old struggled to come to terms with the sudden loss of his loved one and took a dangerous overdose which landed him in hospital for five weeks.
His kidneys began to fail and he was placed on dialysis before undergoing two years of gruelling physiotherapy as he learned to walk again.Despite battling back to health, the family’s heartache continued after sister Mary McAvoy, 53, passed away in September 2017 followed by her son Thomas, 31, just weeks later.Billy’s.
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