{"id":59075,"date":"2023-04-18T18:55:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/18\/joy-fms-drive-time-show-saves-caller-from-committing-suicide\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T18:55:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:55:56","slug":"joy-fms-drive-time-show-saves-caller-from-committing-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/18\/joy-fms-drive-time-show-saves-caller-from-committing-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy FM&#8217;s &#8216;Drive Time&#8217; show saves caller from committing suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Suicide-rope.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>It was an emotional moment when a caller by name Justice phoned into Joy FM\u2019s late afternoon programme, \u2018Drive Time\u2019,\u00a0on Tuesday, April 18, to talk about his decision to commit suicide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Justice told the host Lexis Bill that he was just about ending his life when he tuned into the radio.<\/p>\n<p>Since yesterday, Joy FM has been running a discussion on the pain men go through and how difficult it is for them to share such ordeals with others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Justice, listening to the programme changed his mind from taking his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what pushed me to just turn on my radio to listen to Joy FM. I even planned on committing suicide. I am going through a lot of marital problems. And I don\u2019t know who to talk to. I just don\u2019t know who to talk to. But your programme has been very helpful to me this afternoon. And we are going through emotional torture,\u201d he said in a quaky voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just took my rope and went outside somewhere. I almost committed suicide this afternoon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Justice indicated that he was listening to the show in his car and had moved farther from his house on the mission to end it all.<\/p>\n<p>The host of Drive Time, Lexis Bill, assured him that the station would call him after the show and get him someone he could confide in and help manage his current situation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Drive Time <\/em>on Joy FM continues the discussion throughout the week, as it seeks to create a platform for men who are being devoured by problems they cannot share with friends and family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The programme airs on Joy 99.7 FM on weekdays from 3pm to 5:30pm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Justice recount his experience <strong>HERE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an emotional moment when a caller by name Justice phoned into Joy FM\u2019s late afternoon programme, \u2018Drive Time\u2019,\u00a0on Tuesday, April 18, to talk about his decision to commit suicide.\u00a0 Justice told the host Lexis Bill that he was just about ending his life when he tuned into the radio. 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