Alcoholism | Depression On My Mind

Aerosmith: My drinking, my depression and my hopes for Steven Tyler

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Please tell me that Steven Tyler's relapse last year was not the cause of his splitting from Aerosmith this week. Tyler got clean in 1986 - when the band was in a drug and alcohol ...

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Depression and my “drunk dreams”

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

I had another "drunk dream" last night. After eleven years of sobriety I do not have them as often but I do still have them and probably always will. "Drunk dreams" are the dreams of ...

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The guilt of the mentally ill parent

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

I got sober within hours of my husband and I splitting up. That was 11 years ago. Our daughter was 6. She is about to turn turn 18 and we are in college application hell. ...

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Dual diagnosis: “Many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest”

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest. Chapter 5, ...

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Dual-diagnosis: Remembering to remember how bad it was

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

I have an illness that tells me I do not have an illness. I am an alcoholic. It is one of three mental illnesses that I have - along with depression and bipolar. I have ...

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House and Dexter: How recovery works and won’t work

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

In the last 24 hours I have watched two television programs depict recovery. I am pretty sensitive to portrayals of mental illness on television - from Quiznos commercials to the emmy award winning program Intervention. I ...

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Depression: The thief that took my joy

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

On my bedside table there are stacks of books, most on depression. On the table next to my beside table, there are stacks of book, most on depression. I have not read any of them. ...

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My triplets: Depression, Bipolar, Alcoholism

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

I hit the mental illness trifecta. I have depression, bipolar AND alcoholism. I think of them as my wiley little triplets. If one wants to take a nap, the other two won't have it. They ...

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Rant-o-Rama: Another Irresponsible Doctor

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

So, looks like we have ANOTHER doctor accused of prescribing drugs that killed a celeb. This time it's Michael Jackson's doctor. Apparently, Jackson's doctor injected propofol - a powerful anesthetic- to Jackson the night he ...

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Romanticizing my mania

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

I am blessed to have a friend with bipolar. She called me a couple of days ago after reading about how much I liked my mania. She likes her mania, too. Our manic espisodes are ...

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