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There was a time when depression robbed me of the will to live. I found myself thinking of that awful day after the recent suicide deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN’s “Parts Unknown.”  I remember the pain and desperation of the moment, the kind nurse who gave me a warm blanket, the taste of the charcoal drink the doctor gave me to block drug absorption, my frightened parents at the bedside, and the relief I felt that I had not succeeded. As the doctor handed my mom information about treatment, I could see for the first time that miserable day that there was another way out of the darkness. That was more than 30 years ago. Although I’ve struggled with depression since then, I have never again tried to take my life.