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.
DetailsFebruary 13, 2016
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.
DetailsDecember 26, 2015
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.
DetailsNovember 24, 2015
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.
DetailsDecember 08, 2015
Should I Tell My Co-Workers I Have Bipolar?
I work in a bakery at a gourmet grocery store. I am perfectly comfortable saying that I’m writing a book. I only work three days a week so that I have free time to write, which my coworkers know. But when people ask what the book is about, I am reticent to tell them.
DetailsJanuary 22, 2016
Chris Christie: Friend of the Addict
As a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, I never thought in a zillion years I would agree with anything Governor of New Jersey and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie is saying. But what he’s saying — a sympathetic plea for us addicts — is groundbreaking.
DetailsNovember 17, 2015
Bipolar Celebrities: Demi Lovato
One of the most outspoken opponents of bipolar stigma is Demi Lovato, the former Disney star turned multimedia darling who is bipolar and has also struggled with addiction, bulimia, and self-harm.
DetailsDecember 15, 2015
The Rant: AA’s Mental Health Problem
It’s ignorant to think that people with mood disorders can just power through their days with the help of God and the steps. It just doesn’t work that way. Some of us need medication because of our conditions.
DetailsNovember 10, 2015
Psych Report: Brain Fingerprints
You are 100 percent unique. Your brain has an individualized fingerprint. One that could be used to specialize treatment for your bipolar or for others who have different types of mood disorders, says new study.
DetailsOctober 27, 2015
Mood Music: Belle & Sebastian — The Boy With the Arab Strap
Soft and sensational, Belle & Sebastian’s The Boy With the Arab Strap tranquilizes the listener with its amalgam of subtle instrumentation. Belle & Sebastian are a Scottish twee-pop band with nine albums under their belt. Twee pop is sensitive and romantic. With its jingle-jangle guitars, it has the feel and idealism of ‘60s pop.
DetailsOctober 20, 2015
