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About Gabriel...

...diagnosed with manic depression when I was nineteen, for the next 14-years I lived without treatment or a recovery plan. I've been homeless, one time I graduated college, I've won awards for reporting on Internet privacy issues, and a weekly humour column. In 2002 I finally hit bottom and found help. It's now 2024, and I have a 9-year old son, and a 14-year old son... I’m usually about six feet tall, and I'm pretty sure I screwed up my book deal. I mostly blog at saltedlithium.com....

Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | January 22, 2010

I didn’t stop writing these, I just renamed them “pregnancy updates”. I’ve been writing lately about how my “recovery” suffered in many different ways while I spent nine months dealing with my girlfriend’s “high risk” pregnancy. One of the less … Continue reading

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Diabetes, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Psychiatry | 2 Comments

Little Victor Sunday

Little Victor held out longer than anyone else in my family, but he finally started coughing and sneezing this week. For the past three days he’s been throwing up, but only his formula. He’s still okay with the boob-juice. Tonight … Continue reading

Posted in crazy people with no pants, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health | 10 Comments

Little Victor Is A Month Old Because After Four Weeks Two Months Old Would Be Showing Off

Originally my son, Victor, was supposed to be born on January 11, 2010… which, to me, would’ve been awesome. I had plans to call him Binary, at least as a middle name. But December 12, 2009 is cool too. I … Continue reading

Posted in Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, YouTube | Tagged | 13 Comments

2009… So What The Fuck Was That About?

“…when I see the wonder in the smiles of my children, it reminds me of dreams worth coming true.” “Holy Creation”; ‘This Old Road’, Kris Kristofferson (2006) “Surrounded by the absolute darkness of a rural highway at 1am, I’m staring … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Poverty, Pregnancy | 9 Comments

Introducing My Son To The Old Christmas Traditions Of Poverty And Family

“…by far the biggest Christmas miracle of them all has to be when LAPD Sgt. Al Powell puts five shots into the torso of the presumed to be dead Euro-Trash Terrorist, thus saving John and Holly McClane at the end … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Brother Andrew, Christmas, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Poverty, YouTube | Tagged | 6 Comments

My Baby Victor Is Here So Call Oxford And Wikipedia Because Cool Has To Be Redefined

My son is four days old. He was born on December 12, 2009, at 9:48pm at the Ottawa General Hospital. And I watched it happen. My girlfriend’s water broke on Friday, at 9pm. Our plan was to have a friend … Continue reading

Posted in crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Mental Health, Pregnancy | 24 Comments