Sure, I'll join your cult: a memoir of mental illness and the quest to belong anywhere

Introduction: Sure, I'll join your cult

Part I My indoctrination: the cult of family. Getting current : what life is like now

Diagnos-YES!

My first cult : my family

Loose cannon (and high priest of hilarity)

My sister : the funny (chosen) one

The temple of thin!

Suzuki violin

Dale Carnegie (winning friends and influencing people!)

Overeaters anonymous

Part II Cult following: the cult of fame. Showbiz! The cult! The artist's way!

Debtors anonymous

OCD CBT that is not free

My ?th (who cares) cult : sex and love addicts anonymous

The cult of success

I killed God (and the circumstances leading up to a breakdown)

The breakdown begins

Part III The cult of mental health care. Hospitalization #1

Hospitalization #2

Hospitalization #3 : certificate of completion

Boundaries : I will not join just anything

Bipolar acting job : Lady Dynamite

My tenth cult : recovering couples anonymous

Obligatory suicide disclaimer

Appendix: The twelve (silly) steps of (super stupid) twelve-step programs (my version

which is unapproved and apostate).