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Non-Scientific Measures to Define Mental Illness
1860 UNITED STATES CENSUS Ancestry.com has been all the rage lately, so I decided to hop on the bandwagon. While searching for ancestors on my father's side, I found a census form that was...
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SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO
The Apollo theater..YES! I made the audition. It was 1984 and in full blown hypomania I was ready to conquer the world! The prize was $500 big ones. Was the money my focus? Oh no,I was THE Whitney...
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BETRAYED AT THE APOLLO THEATER
As I stated in last weeks post, I'm in the most historic theater in Harlem NYC - The APOLLO. On the walls, there were mosaics of just about every Motown artist you can name: The Supremes, Smokey...
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HOW DOES A MOTHER KNOW WHEN TO LET GO?
No self-help book prepares a mother to let go...period. I'm a wreck! Eighteen years ago, I gave birth to a beautiful 7lb 10 1/4 ounce baby girl. What an amazing inheritance from our Loving Creator....
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AN AWESOME THERAPIST
Dr. Susan M. Huslage During a particularly scary "I'm done with life" episode, I needed to distract myself. I decided I needed to give thanks for someone, something...anything! I decided to give...
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A Brilliant Read
I was perusing the tiny section of mental health books at my local library a few years ago and stumbled upon "His Bright Light", the life of Nick Traina, son of Danielle Steel. We stand on the...
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PICK YOUR POISON...
Many of us being treated for Bipolar Disorder needs to take more than one type of medication to provide a balance during the course of our treatment. Many use the term "cocktail" to describe the...
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TOUCH OF SERENITY
Since medication is only a fraction of my treatment, I decided to have a one hour Swedish massage. It took about 15 minutes for me to empty my head so that I could be "in the moment". The masseuse...
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B.Y.O.B (Bring your own bottle)
The dedication reads: "To my mother, who could use a drink for having been blessed with me." Stephen Cunningham -The Bartender's Black Book There are at least 3,000 types of concoctions of "drink...
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PARTY WITHOUT ALCOHOL?
How Do You Party Without "Getting Your Drink On"? Skip the night life? Change your associations? Hang out at home? Can't avoid those questions, and when we do answer them, we have to be creative in...
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