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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....

No Post Day: ‘A Boy Martyr’ And Other Childrens Books I Should Have Avoided

The opening credits of The Bugaloos Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. When I was a kid I can remember being given a crayon and a pile of paper and a book and told the game was called … Continue reading

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No Post Day: Responding To A Wiggy Music Meme Challenge

“No Government”; Anti Pasti (it’s a fan video) Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. Whoops… I guess I was supposed to do this over here. Dame Wiggy has been asked to ask others what song inspires those people … Continue reading

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Whoops. Photo by Me. . “Puits sans fond”; Vulgaires Machins . . I’ve spent the past six hours jonesing really, really hard for a cigarette. It took me a while to catch on… I couldn’t get comfortable on the couch, … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Punk, YouTube | Tagged | 12 Comments

No Post Day: LingOL

“Go With The Flow”; Queens Of The Stone Age Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . No Post Day started with Anita Marie — who has yet to send her lawyers after me so I’m guessing she’s … Continue reading

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Salted Lithium Year Two First Post Coda: Feeling Sucks

“Edmund Fitzgerald”; Gordon Lightfoot Try singing this right through without choking up… Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . I was responding to comments left on a post I wrote called “Feeling Sucks” when it turned into … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mary, YouTube | Tagged | 5 Comments

Salted Lithium Year Two First Post: Feeling Sucks

“Bobcaygeon“; Tragically Hip Let me know if the YouTube isn’t available. . . Feeling sucks. Feeling hurts, it’s a pain in the ass. Feeling gets in the way. Feeling makes my TV too loud even when the volume’s down. Feeling … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, YouTube | Tagged | 24 Comments