Report: Mel Gibson was "really on the verge of suicide"?!

An exclusive report has been filed by Deadline Hollywood, which if true, is so significant that we are reproducing the full text: Nikki Finke reports: "I'm told by a source intimate with his situation tonight that Mel Gibson "was really on the verge of suicide because he felt he was helpless to alcohol and didn't know what to do about it. That's why he was driving around 90 miles an hour. This was a death wish. If that cop hadn't stopped him, this guy was going to be wrapped around a pole." "This is such a bigger issue than 'Will he work again?' This is about his not wanting to live anymore. I've seen what he's gone through and what he's going through. You have to understand the disease of alcoholism. He was back in it. There's no doubt in my mind he was trying to kill himself that night." As for his anti-Semitic slurs during his DUI arrest, I'm told that Gibson doesn't remember saying them. "Why? He had alcoholic blackout syndrome. I don't know a lot about it. I've not had a lot of experience with it. He has some recollection of parts of the evenings. But he's not denying he said those things, and if anything he's owning up to it. But nobody could verify it. Not even he or his lawyers have seen the police report yet." The insider called Gibson's situation "tragic. It's not about what people are focusing on, understand that. This is Mel Gibson. He can do whatever he wants. He has all the money in world. He has a wonderful family. He has a wonderful wife.' They're not thinking about the real issue here: alcoholism. Nobody is talking about his alcoholism." [source.] Keeping in mind that this report hasn't been confirmed ... if you take another look at Mel Gibson's mugshot - doesn't that look like someone who has just been through a traumatic experience and isn't that the smile of someone who is very happy to still be alive? You can see how bloodshot his eyes are. That could be from alcohol, but it could also be from crying tears... The final piece of the puzzle? Mel's own words from his statement: "I take this opportunity to apologize to the deputies involved for my belligerent behavior. They have always been there for me in my community and indeed probably saved me from myself." (I offer this idea only as a personal opinion. Please judge the report for yourself.)