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Category Archives: Hope
Antidepressants and me (Part 5)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 A funny thing happened as my daily routine changed dramatically during the past month. Sometimes, because of the strange hours I was keeping, I forgot to take my medication. Every second day … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Depression, Hope, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies, My Story
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Poor Man, Rich Man: DA (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 A week later, I went back to DA. And for the next six months I went back to most meetings, unless something suddenly came up that night. The routine very quickly fell into place – catching … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Gratitude, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life Strategies, My Story, Pain, Poor Man Rich Man
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Poor Man, Rich Man: DA (Part 2)
Part 1 A funny thing happened on the way to my first DA meeting. A couple of hours before the meeting, I caught the train over to the major suburb near the meeting venue. I did this to have dinner … Continue reading
Poor Man, Rich Man: DA (Part 1)
A few months ago, a friend who’d spent the past few years living overseas returned to Sydney. Recently, she invited me to join her roommate and some friends for a pizza night at her new home – and when she … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Anger, Hope, Life Challenges, Life Strategies, My Story, Pain, Poor Man Rich Man, Resources, Something to Think About
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2012: A Canberra Odyssey (Part 1)
Wednesday, 29 February 2012. I was involved in three separate big-arse projects at work. I was also helping to fill in for a colleague who two weeks before had just begun five months’ leave. As well, earlier that day I … Continue reading
Posted in Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges
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Antidepressants and me (Part 4)
To my regular readers, my apologies again for missing another post last week. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 After several weeks of the black dog constantly gnawing at me again, I told my psychiatrist. After some discussion and another … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Depression, Hope, Life Challenges, Life is Good, My Story, Resilience, Therapy
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Antidepressants and me (Part 3)
To my regular readers, my apologies for not posting last week. Part 1 Part 2 In late 2009, as described in this post, I went through a bad bout of depression that I thought would be temporary. But in the … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Depression, Hope, Life Challenges, Life is Good, My Story, Resilience
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Antidepressants and me (Part 2)
Part 1 So in late August 2007, as advised by my psychiatrist, I began taking one Prozac capsule a day. Four weeks went by, the time in which my body should have adjusted to my new medication. At the end … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Confidence, Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies, My Story, Therapy
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15 Minutes (Part 2)
WARNING! The following post contains language that may offend some readers! Continued from this thrilling installment I quickly returned to the lights at Elizabeth and Park – and fortunately WALK was green, so I quickly and legally crossed Elizabeth to … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Anger, Hope, Life Challenges, Life Strategies, My Story
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Life – what I think it’s good for
Recently at his blog, OneSTDV posed the following questions in his latest Saturday Audience Participation post Life: What Is It Good For? Is “success” even worth it? What kind of life do you aspire to – an easy one or … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Confidence, Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies
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