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Janet Coburn

Janet Coburn

It’s Not That Simple

I’ve bitched before about the ads on TV for psychotropic drugs, and I’m about to do it again. The first ones that caught my eye were the…

20h ago

It’s Not That Simple

20h ago

Janet Coburn

Serving Society

It all started with a game of Texas Hold’Em held in a bookstore to raise money for charity. I had pocket aces (as shown), a very strong…

20h ago

Serving Society

20h ago

Janet Coburn

Dual Diagnosis and AA

Dual diagnosis, also called co-occurring disorders or co-morbidity, is one of the most complicated conditions that affect people with…

Oct 6

Dual Diagnosis and AA

Oct 6

Janet Coburn

That Hoodoo That You Do

Having the in-laws visit is a situation that is fraught with peril. There’s the frantic pre-cleaning cleaning, the cleaning, the…

Oct 6

That Hoodoo That You Do

Oct 6

Janet Coburn

Say It With Casseroles

In the South, casseroles are known as “funeral food.” After a funeral, people gather at the home of the bereaved and bring casseroles for a…

Sep 22

Say It With Casseroles

Sep 22

Janet Coburn

Don’t Harsh My Buzz!

Haters gonna hate. But I wish they wouldn’t, at least when it comes to personal preferences.

Sep 22

Don’t Harsh My Buzz!

Sep 22

Janet Coburn

Promises Made

My husband and I have a pact regarding suicide. No, it’s not a suicide pact of the kind you read about in the newspapers. This is a pact…

Sep 15

Promises Made

Sep 15

Janet Coburn

How to Start a Conversation

I never used to be any good at small talk. I would stand there, tongue-tied, while conversation went on around me. I was afraid I had…

Sep 15

How to Start a Conversation

Sep 15

Janet Coburn

Where Did the Money Go?

Though it embarrasses me to write this, it’s true that when I’m hypomanic, I overspend. That’s one of the ways I can tell that I’m actually…

Sep 8

Where Did the Money Go?

Sep 8

Janet Coburn

Let’s Talk Boogers

That’s what my writing friend Denise and I were doing the other day. She had seen a “hillbilly” truck with a bumper sticker on it that…

Sep 8

Let’s Talk Boogers

Sep 8

Janet Coburn

Janet Coburn

Author of Bipolar Me and Bipolar Us, Janet Coburn is a writer, editor, and blogger at butidigress.blog and bipolarme.blog.

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