Eccentric of the Month: Bipolar Nick
Nick is a 55-year-old bipolar professionally trained musician. In this excerpt from my upcoming book The Eccentrics, we hear about how he got mixed up with the mob during his drinking days.
Eccentric of the Month: Bipolar Jennifer
In this excerpt from The Eccentrics – my book out in 2016 – we meet Jennifer, a coke-head musician who finds solace in punk rock and classical music.
Eccentric of the Month: Ian
Ian is a 41-year-old graphic designer and aspiring art therapist. In this excerpt from my book The Eccentrics – out in 2016 – we hear about his mostly innocent childhood and how drugs and alcohol nearly ruined his life.
Eccentric of the Month: Natalya
Natalya is a 31-year-old beautiful woman from Belarus, Russia. Her youth was innocent – she grew up picking berries in the forest – but her teenage years and early adulthood were embattled by undiagnosed bipolar, an eating disorder and self-mutilation. In this excerpt from my forthcoming book The Eccentrics, we hear about Natalya’s passion for electronic music and dancing.
Eccentric of the Month: Brendan
Brendan is a 32-year-old bipolar gay man who grew up in a trailer park near Jacksonville, FL. In this excerpt from the forthcoming book The Eccentrics, we hear about his travails as a teenage runaway in New York City.
Eccentric of the Month: Jason
Jason is a bipolar businessman who’s been to rehab or detox a whopping 17 times. From corrupt cons to crack cocaine, read part of this amazing story, which appears in the upcoming book The Eccentrics – out in 2016.
Eccentric of the Month: Kelly
Kelly is a theatrical actress who got hooked on crystal meth and cocaine. In this excerpt from The Eccentrics, we see the irony of her addiction as it relates to her acting career.
Eccentric of the Month: Ethan
Ethan is a thirtysomething Harvard-educated heroin junkie. While he is sober and stable now, he wasn’t always. Here is an excerpt from the forthcoming book The Eccentrics in which he relays one of his grandiose rock-bottoms. From Chapter 7, The Jetsetter: California. 2005. SFO airport. High on ketamine. Manic. He was wearing sunglasses and a crimson…
