{"id":114898,"date":"2022-11-23T22:21:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T03:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=114898"},"modified":"2022-11-23T22:21:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T03:21:24","slug":"if-you-or-someone-you-know-is-struggling-or-needs-support-now-call-or-text-988-or-chat-988lifeline-org-you-are-not-alone-988lifeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=114898","title":{"rendered":"If you or someone you know is struggling or needs support now, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org \u2013 You are not alone. #988Lifeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, 988 provides 24\/7 connection to confidential support. There is Hope. Just call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org #988Lifeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>988 is the new three-digit dialing code for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. For years, the Lifeline \u2013 formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline \u2013has answered tens of millions of calls and helped people overcome mental health-related distress. 988 is the same trusted resource. When you call, text, or chat 988, you\u2019ll be quickly connected to trained crisis counselors who will listen to your concerns, provide support, and get you additional help if needed. There is HOPE. The Lifeline WORKS. You are not alone in crisis. Just call, text, or chat 988.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/988-facts-square.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-114899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/988-facts-square-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/988-facts-square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/988-facts-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/988-facts-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/988-facts-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/988-facts-square-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/988-facts-square.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis, 988 provides 24\/7 connection to confidential support. There is Hope. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=114898\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">If you or someone you know is struggling or needs support now, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org \u2013 You are not alone. #988Lifeline<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/there-is-hope-988.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/114901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}