Category Archives: Poverty

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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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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No Post Day | The Last Twenty

I barely managed to find enough quarters to put together twenty bucks for food today. Being so tired over the past few months has led to some lapses in judgement, including spending most of my disability cheque before the first … Continue reading

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Suicide Is Not The Only Way Manic Depression Kills Us

“In Canada, suicide accounts for 24 percent of all deaths among 15 to 24 year olds and 16 percent among 16 to 44 year olds. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Canadians between the ages of 10 … Continue reading

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Five Great Songs And Five Things About Me Because Six Of Each Would Be Conceited

The pad of my right thumb is at least twice as large as my left. I noticed this a couple of weeks ago. It took about eight seconds for me to realize why… my left thumb controls the stick, my … Continue reading

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Cue The Orchestra Because My Core Issue Has Finally Taken The Stage Dun Dun Duuun

“[I]t’s something I’m just starting to work out myself, but the manic depression actually feels or seems in retrospect as though it was much easier in comparison to deal with. Maybe it has to do with the bipolar depressions being … Continue reading

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