i make frequent use of die in eval blocks to trap errors.

my code often looks like this: 
sub check_id {
  my ( $id )= @_;
  my $res;
  eval {
      my $obj= ObjClass::Obj->new();
            $obj->id( $id );
            $obj->load_via_id() ;
            $res= $obj->id ;
            die "invalid user" unless $obj->activated_account ;
  }
  if ($@) {
     DEBUG && log_error( $@ );
     return -1;
  }
  return $res;
}

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note, thats a simplified version.

my problem lies in these 2 lines: 
            $obj->load_via_id() ;
            die "invalid user" unless $obj->activated_account ;

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load_via_id could die and toss an exception - at which point things work as they should. i want to catch that die.

my issue is that if i die on "invalid user" (note, this is a simple version, in practice, there could several of these custom die items chained, i want to treat that differently : i still want to die and exit the block and return an error , but I don't want to do the logging.

can anyone suggest a way to do that and keep a similar syntax/code ? the only thing i could figure out was to have a '$supress_warning' variable before the block, and set it for custom dies -- but that means i'd have to write the dies as 
  if ( !$obj->activated_account ) {
    $suppres_warning++;
    die "invalid account";
  }

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someone out there with more experience than me must have a suggestion! i hope!

In reply to novice 'die' help requested by nmerriweather

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