Category Archives: Bipolar

The State Of My Mental Health

“They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said ‘no, no, no.’ Yes, I been black, but when I come back, you’ll know, know know.” Honestly, in retrospect, only Amy Winehouse will ever own that song. Well, the … Continue reading

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Coping With The White Russians

White Russian: old fashioned glass, add ice, 2oz vodka, 1oz Kahlua, finish with chilled 1% milk… glass size and ice optional, adjust alcohol to taste. Vodka is best stored in the freezer. Colder the better. Healthy alternative to pop: fill … Continue reading

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Protected: But He Made It Out… With A Bullet In His Back

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Victory Is Both A Name And A State Of Mind

Things didn’t get worse last week, which means they got better. According to the doctors at the Ottawa General Hospital, this was supposed to be the week my son should have been born. He would have been almost two months … Continue reading

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Next Week Our Baby Will Be Born Two Months Premature

If the doctors are right my son will be born next week. The surgical procedure they performed on my girlfriend, called a cerclage, has almost entirely failed. A cerclage is a stitch, or clamp, placed in or around around a … Continue reading

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Cleaning Up After Nine Months Of Neglect

My apartment is slowly becoming less filthy. For most of this past year, and the last few months of 2008, I was living on two-thirds of my prescribed dose of anti-depressants thanks to a pharmacy screw up. It took me … Continue reading

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