Bipolar Addict Scott Weiland Dead of Heart Attack
Scott Weiland — frontman for Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver and a bipolar addict for years — died Friday in his sleep, reportedly of a heart attack. He was 48.
Conor Bezane is a music-meister who has written for MTV News, AOL, and VICE. He is a recovering bipolar addict who can be found digging through the crates at a local record store when he’s not attacking his keyboard, writing nonfiction. His first book, The Bipolar Addict, is available now on Amazon.
Mad Geniuses: Sinéad O’Connor
The Grammy-winning singer revealed she had bipolar disorder on The Oprah Winfrey Show in October of 2007. However, it was later revealed that her bipolar diagnosis was incorrect. What she had really been experiencing was depression influenced by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), stemming from her tumultuous childhood. O’Connor is in the news this week because she tried to kill herself again.
Mood Music: The Antidote to SAD
The darkness creeps in at 5:37PM today. It just makes me want to go to sleep. I get home from work around 6:30, eat dinner, then go to bed most nights not long after. My gift to you this winter is this mix. It’s made up of songs that are either about happiness or that sound happy. A cure for Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Mood Music: Getz/Gilberto
Stan Getz and João Gilberto are the debonair and dynamic duo of bossa nova. I can think of no album that inspires more tranquility than Getz/Gilberto, the 1965 Grammy winner for Best Album of the Year.
Bipolar Addicts: Scott Stapp of Creed
Creed was a late ‘90s alternative-rock band with a Christian bent. Extreme paranoia gripped Creed lead singer Scott Stapp in November 2014, when he experienced his first major manic episode. He made a cryptic YouTube video documenting his hallucinations.
How to Stay Sober for the Holidays
I don’t know about you, but the holidays are the toughest time for me to stay sober. There’s nothing more comforting than a glass of wine or champagne to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, or to ring in the New Year. Maybe it has something to do with the association between wine and food, and there’s so much of both this time of year.
Music Addiction Is Real — and I Am Addicted
I knew there was a reason why I can feel the music. Why tiny little flourishes of notes or guitar riffs or drumbeats can make my entire body tingle instantly.
SoberHeroes: Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper stole my heart — not in The Hangover movies but in Silver Linings Playbook, in which he gave a strikingly accurate portrayal of what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder. But a little known fact about Cooper is that he is a recovering addict. In sobriety, he’s become a master at his craft.
Katie Holmes Plays Bipolar in ‘Touched With Fire’
Katie Holmes has been mostly lying low the past few years, appearing in small indie flicks as opposed to big Hollywood vehicles. Now the Batman Begins actress is back in her indie comfort zone with Touched With Fire, a film about two bipolar poets in love.
What to Do When You Run Out of Medication
It’s happened to all of us. You open your medicine cabinet right before bed and there’s a gaping hole. One of your pill bottles isn’t there — because it was empty this morning so you threw it out. You didn’t get around to refilling the ‘script in the daytime. Now the pharmacy is closed and you’re trapped.
