Thank you, I'm sorry

Whenever someone sends me an email with a name in the title, a name I haven't heard in awhile I know it's bad news. So I got this in the mail today about a guy I used to know in High School:

"As some of you no longer around here might want to know, Erik Stuckey passed away last night (saturday) around 10pm. Heroin overdose.Keep him in your thoughts.

Let this be a wake up call for those of you who think you're invincible.-mR.j"

Selfishly all I can think about is how I just want to thank my sister for never making me send out a similar announcement. Thank her for not being a statistic and thank her for her battle out of that darkness.

Because some are not so lucky.