Tag Archives: recovery

Stranger than Fiction

This post is emmis, as they say in Yiddish. That means the absolute, unvarnished truth, the kind you can take to the bank. The word came to me from the fogbank of my youth, so I checked out the meaning … Continue reading

Posted in Addiction - Commentary and Recovery, Mental Health - Commentary and Recovery, The Drama of the non-Nurturing Family

Addiction–Why?

What causes addiction? We have discovered that the causes can be many: nature (genetics), nurture (environment), some combination thereof, and other causes. I came by my addiction by virtue of the combo nature/nurture package. I was born sensitive, not necessarily … Continue reading

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Lynn’s TEDx Emory Talk – April 20, 2013

I have had mental health issues for most of my life and have been “in therapy” for 30 years. I checked myself into three different mental institutions between 2000 and 2010. In those 30 years, I heard a lot of … Continue reading

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The Disappointed Expectations of Baby Boomers

I used to think that I was unbearably unique. No one understood me because there was no one like me; I was a rara avis of the first order. Later I came to understand that I was the quintessential Baby … Continue reading

Posted in Baby Boomers - Loss of the American Dream