Category Archives: Living With Manic Depression

Still Self Destructing After All These Years

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Gabriel...

For the second time this year I have burned through my disability cheque before the second week of the month, so for the next sixteen days I’ll be eating 0.19 cent packages of monosodium glutamate and wondering where the food … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, ODSP, Poverty, Salted Truths | 24 Comments

Unimproved Roads

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Gabriel...

I recently discovered there’s a road designation in Ontario called “unimproved road”. It basically means a trail wide enough for a car, but barely suitable for a horse-drawn cart or an all-terrain vehicle. I had dinner with my friend Dean … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, crazy people with no pants, Friends, Health, Intervention, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Ottawa, Poverty, Salted Truths | 10 Comments

Speeding Into A New Sunrise With Eighteen Gears Two Wheels And A Kickstand

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Gabriel...

I have a bike sitting in my apartment, it’s purple. A really dark purple. There was some confusion… when I pulled it out of my parents’ basement it was so dirty I thought it was green. Then the bike repair … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Everyday Stuff, Health, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression | 14 Comments

Two Weddings A Brunch And A Savage Beating

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Gabriel...

“Before I started my Recovery 3.5 years ago I watched, and helped, several friends try to recover from addiction. What I found by watching them and listening to them was there’s one essential tool needed to recover from an addiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Friends, Granny, Health, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression | 12 Comments

My Red Neck And The Demolition Derby

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Gabriel...

It’s the annual agricultural fair this weekend. My village doubles, and sometimes even triples in size for three days of sheep shearing, horse and tractor pulls and, of course, the demolition derby. I’ve only ever gone twice mostly because I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, General Tao's Chicken, Grand Theft Auto, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Memories | 15 Comments

Who I Am Has Not Always Been Who I See

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Gabriel...

A couple of weeks ago I was in Ottawa keeping my grandfather company, and at one point he was meeting with his financial adviser and I was walking around outside taking photos. The street the advisor’s office is on is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Health, Lithium, Living With Manic Depression, Memories, Punk, Salted Truths | 6 Comments