OT: Ryan Anderson Tries to Move on After Girlfriend Gia Allemand's Suicide

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http://www.si.com/nba/2014/11/13/ryan-anderson-gia-allemand

Saw this posted somewhere else. It's a really powerful piece that I thought was worth sharing. Here's a few meaningful quotes, but it really is the story itself, not just a few lines, that makes it worth reading.

"Yet it is estimated that 85% of people in the U.S. will know someone who has died by suicide (and one in five will be within that ring of six closest friends and relatives). Suicide is something with which almost all of us are familiar; it’s something few of us talk about."

After breaking his neck:

"He woke up the next day in a Boston hospital. The diagnosis: two herniated disks in his neck. He would miss the final 51 games of the season. The nerve pain in his arms was terrible -- just shaking someone’s hand was excruciating."

After taking a good amount of time off from basketball:

"Coach Williams called soon after. The coach had been checking in regularly, sending Bible verses. Now he said he’d prayed on it and *believed basketball would help bring Ryan peace."

About moving on from all that's happened:

"It’s not moving on so much as moving forward."