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Drugs and booze: Not as fun as you'd think

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There are certain Internet-related phenomena that I simply don't understand. The concept of open sourcing, for one thing, is still somewhat mysterious to me. Likewise certain portals that link you to articles by random and untested-in-print writers frighten me. Like About.com. I'm never sure who this strange person is taking their time to write about toys for pet mice (a subject I'm actually interested in) or snowman-pattern scrapbooking.

But today there's a good entry on that website about drug and alcohol abuse among those who suffer from mental illness.

Self-medicating: When the cure IS the disease [About.com]

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.