Mental Health Care Mergers
Allison Strong The Radioactive Patient My psychiatrist is very important to me, or let’s say, my relationship with him is crucial to my mental stability. I’ve had bipolar disorder (that I know of) since 1989, and I’ve always been under the care of a good psychiatrist. Sure, there have been long depressions, some of which […]
Was Weiland on Subs when he died?
Allison Strong The Radioactive Patient I finally figured this out. Scott’s drug of choice was heroin and he struggled like hell to get off it and come back from countless relapses. But he didn’t die of an opiate overdose. What was the miracle that got him off heroin for 13 straight years? The answer is […]
Why Does Self-Doubt have to be Depressing?
Allison Strong The Radioactive Patient Ok, so I’m trying to help my father self-publish his book. He hired a top sportswriter for the LA Times to ghostwrite it and it’s fabulous. I’m very proud of him and his accomplishments and believe the world needs his story. At 90 years of age, he doesn’t want to […]
Book Review “Sociopath: A Memoir”
Allison Strong The Radioactive Patient If you have questions about a loved one, a friend or a family member, you gotta gotta gotta read this book. It came out about six months ago and is very well written and perfectly edited. It never feels like a slog. It really made me think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcuTpgEerd0 Categories
My Book is Finished, Now What?
Allison Strong The Radioactive Patient My opiate recovery memoir, “The Radioactive Patient: Chronic Pain, Suboxone, & Rock ‘N Roll has been professionally revised and beta-read like crazy. I know it’s not perfect, but I’ve been told there’s no such thing as a perfect book. YouTube’s Daniel Green says to shoot for 95% perfection. So now […]
Bipolar Figure Skaters on Netflix Dramatic Series “Spinning Out”
January Jones and Kaya Scodelario as mother-daughter in Netflix Drama “Spinning Out.” When I came across this show in my feed, I just thought it was a series about hypercompetitive ice skaters. That sounded dramatic enough, so I clicked. Wowee! A show made just for me! “Spinning Out,” which is set in Sun Valley, Idaho, […]
Certegy: A Consumer Credit Service waiting to deny your check.
Ok, so I live in Florida and shop at Publix Supermarket. I’ve shopped at the nearby Publix and written checks there for over 20 years. I’ve never bounced a check in all that time. You’d think that would count for something, right? WRONG! Last week, there had been fraud on my debit card, so Bank […]
Morbidly Satisfying Memoir
I know. This picture doesn’t convey anything morbid, but that’s the funny thing about life–we don’t usually think in these terms. Unless, like Mark Hoppus, you struggle with depression. Mark Hoppus Triumphs over Stage 4 Cancer I recently read a just-released memoir by Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus. It satisfied my curiosity on a number of […]