New Book by Peter Dorsen!

The Book Crazy Doctor: Mixing Drugs and Mental Illness (Triple A Press, 2012)
By Peter J. Dorsen, M.D., LADC
Here’s the propaganda I have sent out to encourage anyone with their own notions about bipolar disorder to learn about my struggle and some of the ingredients to achieve happiness and stability.
A dear friend when I admitted that writing a book about my fall from grace and the struggle to resurrect from the ashes was maybe narcissistic. “Hey, ALL autobiographies are narcissistic!”
Uh, oh….here’s where the self-focusing leaps out to you our readers:
Here’s what I say about myself (in the third person, no less):
Dr Dorsen certainly has his share of war stories. Growing up in New Jersey as the son of a mother, a physician, and a successful yet disabled father, brought their share of sometimes bitter sweet events into his life. He has tried on many hats: a classics degree from Dartmouth, a sometimes struggling medical student, a stint at “The John,” (Johns Hopkins) for medical residency, accomplished creative nonfiction writer, a latter day cross country ski racer, father, physician. And a blogger with Tim Kuss so we can put out the word…..
Maybe you too can relate to the struggle for life bipolar disorder can bring.
His process, an often painful personal struggle with bipolar disorder and co-occurring self-medicating substance abuse, has made Dr Dorsen’s journey a roller coaster of abysmal failures and walloping successes.
So hop on board and explore my story as it may make yours more understandable.
Crazy Doctor: Mixing Drugs and Mental Illness is ultimately a reassuring guided tour by Dr. Dorsen of how bipolar illness impacted his life from childhood to only recently when he finally experienced the right medications and surrendered to a simple program of recovery.
Now this really is beginning to sound narcissistic isn’t it?
Dorsen is the author of over 150 freelance and peer-reviewed articles as well as the Vikings Change the Play Against Alcohol and Other Dangerous Drugs (Deaconess Press), and Dr D’s Handbook For Men Over 40: A Guide to Health, Fitness, Living, and Loving in the Prime of Life (Wylie and Sons). He lives in Minneapolis with his Kenyan-born wife Dinah and their Labrador, Candy.
Dr. Dorsen aka “Crazy Doctor,” is currently a satisfied addiction counselor, motivational speaker, writer, husband and proud father of three beautiful young women.
Oh, my mother, Lydia would be so proud!
Contact Information: Obtain my book as a paperback or on Kindle through LULU Press or Triple A Press directly.
I hope you will find some more information on your exploration of this painful yet passionate saga of life.