Category Archives: self deliverance

The costs of freedom?

In the recent edition of our print magazine, we published a thoughtful essay by one of Britain’s most eminent psychiatrists, Dr Colin Brewer. In his lead article, Brewer examined suicide trends over the years and asked what difference, if any, … Continue reading

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Thinking Out Loud

Exit Newsletter is one of the main foci of this organisation. Although Five Last Acts II remains the standard publication and reference volume, it is through the newsletter-magazine that we can reach members with tips and updates. In this way, … Continue reading

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Exit in the British Medical Journal

How to Die With Dignity was the world’s first rational suicide manual for persons suffering from unbearable and unrelievable illness. This month, the BMJ, one of the world’s leading medical journals, publishes details of Exit’s work and history. It was … Continue reading

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Methods of suicide

There are two fairly distinct groups of people who consider suicide, or do end their life by suicide – the first is those who very regrettably feel unable to bear what essentially is, or should be, a temporary trauma – … Continue reading

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An unusual death by cyanide

As the organisation behind such publications as Departing Drugs and Five Last Acts II, Exit receives many queries about methods of suicide. Cyanide is one of those drugs that has been shrouded in mystery and drama since the days of World … Continue reading

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A few deep breaths of sulfide sadness – suicide gone wrong

Suicides and attempted suicides by hydrogen sulfide are rapidly outstripping gentler, safer, more peaceful, and less risky method. This week brings another two cases of ‘sulfide gone wrong.’ In the first case, a man in his 20s creates a concoction … Continue reading

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How will you die?

We are all going to do it at some point in our lives, but popular conceptions can be far from reality. Characters in soap operas, for instance, tend not only die quickly but mostly from unusual causes. In reality, most … Continue reading

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A messy end with hydrogen sulphide

46-year-old Kerry Hullet tried to kill himself last week with household chemicals. This increasingly common but dangerous method of suicide is spreading through internet chat forums, sometimes with disastrous consequences. On this occasion, we can only guess that Kerry Hullet … Continue reading

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Did nothing, still guilty: the dilemma of the suicide ‘assistant’

I have often heard the refrain in popular books and videos, “If you are just there, but don’t participate, you are not committing a crime – as long as the person commits the final act themself and you don’t touch … Continue reading

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Helium vs hydrogen sulphide – when will the madness stop?

Three news stories in the past 24 hours – one needlessly unpleasant death by hydrogen sulphide, a woman sentenced for providing the means for a more painless death, and an organisation attacked in the courts for providing information and support … Continue reading

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Perspectives on Beachy Head

On thy stupendous summit, rock sublime! That o’er the channel rear’d, half way at sea The mariner at early morning hails, I would recline; while Fancy should go forth, And represent the strange and awful hour Of vast concussion; when … Continue reading

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