... there's a support group at:


I kid you not. There's actually that is named after Tolkien's home of the hobbits and it is on a street that coincidentally has Harry's last name.



The meeting takes place every Monday. Time? 5:30pm to 6:30pm. It's called "Double Trouble." This basically means that you may attend if you have an addiction and/or mental illness, are depressed, or just have the blues.

For more details, call the Reach Out Foundation of Morrisville, Bucks County, Pa, USA 215-428-0404. www.rofbucks.net

They currently need advising about HTML or Ubuntu Linux or Open Lazlo webpage language. But non-techies are welcome to stop by the website or to drop in.

If you live in PA or Trenton, NJ or anywhere nearby, be sure and stop by.


I'm sorry to use your bandwidth to advertise, but it is an non-profit organization and sadly their webmaster left them nearly at wit's end trying to keep their office computers in sync while operating Linux and they have almost no idea how to update the website.

Okay, if you've reached this paragraph, let's talk about: depression. Have you ever been depressed? Have you known someone who just won't stop being sad or (on the flip-side) always seems to be just WAY TOO HAPPY?!?! Talk about your annoying co-workers/spouse/siblings.

After dealing with a HMC, I need SOMETHING ELSE to talk about! Please!

And, yes, UO is AN addiction. So please come by and talk about that and your latest "pixel-crack" fixation.

As I said elsewhere, I am bipolar. I know both sides of the coin: from suicidally depressed to manic happy.

Hi, Adri. I'm Mick, aka Facattack on here. I'm schizoapheticive which means I had in the past suffered from major depression and have some schizoid tendencies. Unofficially, I think I really have Asperger's. That is a high functioning version of Autism. As a friend had said "you have trouble catching on certain social cues" and as another person said "people just thought I was rude."

Anyway, that's me in a nutshell. Diagnosis-wise.

Ugh no fun. It sucks to have a disease for which there is no real cure. I remember when I got my diagnosis; I went into some weird shock thing lol. I thought that there must be some mistake, that I had "only" depression. After all, bipolar disorder is a mental illness! Gasp!

It took me a little bit to get used to the idea. I did some reading and a little research, and after reading about the symptoms, I couldn't deny it. So I got with my doc, got on medication, and just went from there. Since I have been on the meds, things are a lot better. I haven't had to go to the hospital in years. (knock on wood) I still have episodes every now and again, but they are nowhere near as bad as they used to be.

Oddly enough, I kinda miss going manic. Not the angry-at-the-world type tho, but the everything-is-an-adventure type. I've done a few weird things while manic lol. For instance, one day waking up with an urge to see Niagra Falls. So I packed a few things, and drove to Canada lol. What I don't miss tho is the ruin I made of my life: losing jobs, screwing up any relationships, etc. And I don't miss feeling so out of control, or people not realizing I wasn't acting so crazy on purpose.

I used to be sort of angry about this. I mean, why me? I finally realized why not me? It sounds kinda weird, but I am able to handle it more than some people would be able to. This is the type of thing that would knock some ppl down to their knees. Well, it knocks me to my knees too, but I am just too stubbon to stay there.