988

 You can now reach a suicide hotline by just dialing 988.

988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (now known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), and is now active across the United States.

When people call, text, or chat 988, they will be connected to trained counselors that are part of the existing Lifeline network. These trained counselors will listen, understand how their problems are affecting them, provide support, and connect them to resources if necessary.

The previous Lifeline phone number (1-800-273-8255) will always remain available to people in emotional distress or suicidal crisis.

I don't know if you're ever going to need to use that number, either for yourself or someone you care about  Hopefully you won't.  But if you do, there it is.  I know that most of my readers (all ten of you!) are vets or you are friends with vets.  This is near and dear to my heart; if you know someone who needs help, you can get them help.