Seeking Rehabilitation Gifts

It had been a long, hard climb, but Bob was finally going to rub elbows with the stars.

'Give yourself up, Rocco, and enter a twelve-step rehab program.'

"He now wishes, M'lud, to put the 632 convictions behind him and to base his life on helping the poor."

Woman and pets with hair sticking straight up all enter Stress Management Clinic.

"Freudian, Jungian, Adlerian – none of it compares to retail therapy."

"But can't I be feared and loved?"

'So tell me why you think you're suffering from seasonal ineffective disorder.'

"Nobody ever asked about my mental health."

'I can't control my anger when people get too close to my kids...'

"Instead of years of therapy, I decided to go for chocolate."

Pet a Puppy

"I've finally found a therapist who understands options."

"Have you ever thought of just knocking this 'half-empty glass' OFF the counter?"

The Physiciatrist...

'Occasionally the Dr. asks me to get real with people.'

'We never go anywhere together except here.'

'I guess it was a breakthrough - My free-floating anxiety crashed.'

'Your wife says you act like a fool. I thought you said she never pays attention to you.'

Psychiatrist says: 'Oh, no! Not another fruit cake?'

'I hate all holidays!'

"I'm an oldest child trapped in the body of a middle child."

Turmoil change.

'I think I'm getting somewhere. On the way over I stopped to smell the flowers.'

"The damsels, the knights, I guess I'm just burnt out."

How to cope in Los Angeles vs. New York

Bob began seeing his mother, who gave him up for adoption, professionally, three times a week. It didn't help much.

Emotional Support Pest

"Nd how did tht mke u feel?"

"Returning to standard time is always difficult. I gain an hour of worrying."

"I did seize the day. But then it seized me right back and used some kind of jujitsu move to flip me on my ass."

'You have a fauxbia.'

"Looting and plundering! Looting and plundering! There must be more to life!...."

"I don't know, Doc, it's just that lately I've been feeling crummy!"

"This lovely song tells of a young, pretty actress, her ups and downs, and how she found happiness after rehab."

"I'm guessing you're a germaphobe?"