Hoping for a Happy Ending: A journalist's story of depression, bipolar and alcoholism
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1438991509 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Her awards include the Robert F. She worked in publishing until 1985, when she moved to Florida to become a newspaper reporter. She was among the lead reporters in The Palm Beach Post's coverage of the November 2000 election. She is a senior fellow of the Knight Foundation and has appeared on The Deborah Norville Show, Inside Edition, CNN and City Confidential. After watching All The President's Men a few dozen times, she settled on journalism. Her writing style - simple words, short sentences and intimate stories - is tailored for readers currently suffering. She graduated from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan in 1981 with majors in journalism and political science. Her groundbreaking weekly column on depression evolved from her own battle with mental illness and covers a wide range of topics frequently ignored by the mainstream media. Christine now special
"Hoping for Happy Ending" according to Diane 196Hoping for Happy Ending I bought this book from Amazon and absoletly love it. From someone likeChristine I also suffer from depression, bipolar and alcohholism and I canrelate to alot of her experiences. She gets right to the point and does not bog the reader down with useless information. Her experiences sometimes made me laugh and then cry. I hope she writes another book. . I bought this book from Amazon and absoletly love it. From someone likeChristine I also suffer from depression, bipolar and alcohholism and I canrelate to alot of her experiences. She gets right to the point and does not bog the reader down with useless information. Her experiences sometimes made me laugh and then cry. I hope she writes another book. "Very Helpful" according to SG. Christine charts an excellent navigation of depression, bipolar disorder, and alcoholism. In doing so, I found I was able to identify, isolate, and eventually quarantine or dismiss painful and confusing thoughts. This book very clearly shows how these issues trick the mind so it gives the reader the upper hand on depression and anxiety by exposing i. waste of my money Amazon Customer Series of her previous blogs .doesn't work as a book. Repetitive, and ultimately becomes boring because of that. The basic messages are appropriate and emphasize a healthy way of life with a mental illness, but it's hard to get to because of all the repetition.
She worked in publishing until 1985, when she moved to Florida to become a newspaper reporter. In her 23 years at The Palm Beach Post Christine distinguished herself as the paper's court reporter for 12 years, leading the paper's coverage of many notable trials, such as the William Kennedy Smith rape trial. Her awards include the Robert F. He
Christine shares her experiences - from erotic dreams about George Clooney to dark plots of suicide-by-Prius-fumes - in this collection of her weekly columns, Kicking Depression, from The Palm Beach Post. The mentally ill are sick, Christine reminds us, not bad, weak or fond of "happy pill" wisecracks.. Foxhole-prayers, antidepressants and a trip to the junkyard with a baseball bat helped award-winning journalist Christine Stapleton get a grip on her mental illnesses - alcoholism, depression and bipolar