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The Bipolar Addict

Binge Drinking During COVID-19 — There is an Alternative

Notes from The Author | Psych Report | The Bipolar Addict

As the coronavirus rages on, it is extremely dangerous and enticing for recovering alcoholics like myself to pick up the bottle again. Alcohol has never been more popular. But for a select few, it is falling by the wayside.

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May 23, 2020

Rock Your Antibody — COVID-19 Kryptonite Vol. 2

Music & Pop Culture | Notes from The Author | The Bipolar Addict

My second mixtape all you coronvirus music maniacs. Throw a dance party in your living room! While we’re not as deep as we were in lockdown mode, many of us are indeed still sheltering in place. Cut a rug!

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May 22, 2020

Seeing Foo Fighters With Sober Eyes – A Lollapalooza Flashback

Music & Pop Culture | Notes from The Author | The Bipolar Addict

I was drunker than a frat boy at a jungle juice party. Lollapalooza 2011 revisited.

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May 08, 2020

Sex in a Time of Coronavirus: Masturbation Is Safe and It Boosts Your Immune System, Say Scientists

Psych Report | The Bipolar Addict

I’d like to encourage you to masturbate. What? Yeah I said it. Masturbate. Spank your monkey. Choke your chicken. Season your meatloaf. Butter your muffin. Give yourself a hand. Why? Because it’s healthy. Masturbation is great for your body and your mind. It can lower blood pressure, improve sleep, and reduce stress.

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April 26, 2020

The Planet is on Fire and We’re Chilling Out: Mental Illness and the COVID-19 Crisis

Notes from The Author | The Bipolar Addict

Deaths are piling up exponentially throughout the globe. Most of the country is on lockdown. And many of us are experiencing extreme claustrophobia and high anxiety. But a cohort of mentally ill Americans are doin’ just fine.

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April 10, 2020

The Best Thing About Coronavirus Quarantine Isn’t ‘Tiger King’ — It’s Benjamin Gibbard’s Live From Home Concerts

Music & Pop Culture | The Bipolar Addict

All of us are doing our part to help in our own unique way to lessen the blow of this lockdown. For musicians, who cant entertain you at a club or arena, it’s playing shows from their living rooms. Benjamin Gibbard is the hardest working man in music.

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April 02, 2020

Disco-Punk Dance Party — Coronavirus Kryptonite vol. 1

Music & Pop Culture | Notes from The Author | The Bipolar Addict

Even in ordinary times, I’ve been known to pump up the volume and dance around my apartment with glee. Now — in this time of lockdown — it’s your turn.

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March 25, 2020

Fight Anxiety With Pop Culture — Fear of a COVID-19 Planet

Music & Pop Culture | Notes from The Author | The Bipolar Addict

Pop culture is your friend during this pandemic. Escapism is important.

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March 15, 2020

Punk Rock Energized My Life Exactly 25 Years Ago Today

Music & Pop Culture | Notes from The Author | The Bipolar Addict

In the spring of 1995, I experienced my very first punk show. It was Rancid with the Lunachicks at the Metro in Chicago. I was 15. And in that crowd of about 1,000, I felt like I belonged. I had found my tribe. It was a moment that would transport me on a decades-long excursion, one that finds my punk rock heart still beating now and forever.

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March 09, 2020

I’m Bipolar And Now I’m Having “PETE Traumatic Stress Disorder”

Notes from The Author | The Bipolar Addict

I never understood the absolute excitement and joy of politics until I became involved in Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s campaign. This race is having incredible impact on both my mood disorder and my outlook on life.

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March 04, 2020
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