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Vincent had been in a mental institution before. While finishing her previous book, Self-Made Man-in which she went undercover as a man for more than a year- Vincent was overcome with depression, lost touch with reality and checked herself into a psychiatric hospital. The experience was not a good one (what visit to the loony bin is?), and so Vincent set out on a new endeavor: cataloging her experiences in three different mental institutions to find out what mental health care in America is really like. She visited an inner city hospital, a rural hospital, and a private...
...sort out their new reality. "My mother is the practical one, she says, 'If we have to live this way now, we will. Those who will make it through this are those that don't identify themselves with their bank accounts, they will transcend this. Those whose egos and self are wrapped up in their assets will be lost...
...cover of the January 2009 issue of O magazine says it all: "How Did I Let This Happen Again?" A photo of Oprah Winfrey at her current weight of 200 lb. is juxtaposed with an image of her formerly slender self. Inside the magazine, Winfrey writes, "I felt completely defeated. I thought, I give up. I give up. Fat wins...
...that slip provokes a return to full-blown addiction depends in large part on how the person regards the misstep. "People with a strong abstinence-violation effect relapse much more quickly," says Marlatt. A single slip solidifies their sense that they are a failure and cannot quit, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy...
...watch my pennies," says Valda Blackmoore, a 27-year-old hotel manager, who isn't spending much time in stores this Christmas season. In fact, the self-described impulsive shopper is limiting her gifts to two items: a protective sleeve for her boyfriend's iPhone, and a home-baked Caribbean rum cake for her mother. (See pictures of the recession...