#537 Glenn Meehan

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Television Producer Glenn Mehan @GlenMee shares intimate portraits of his life including the difficult relationships with his parents and what it was like to be gay and in love in the 80s amid the AIDS epidemic. For more on Glenn www.Instagram.com/glenmee https://www.facebook.com/glenn.meehan.3 [email protected] Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. For those under 18 you will be redirected to or can go directly to TeenCounseling at www.teencounseling.com WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 537 with my guest Glenn Mehan.
0:06.4	I'm Paul Gilmarten.
0:07.4	I don't know why I said my name that way.
0:10.2	This is the metal illness happy hour.
0:12.0	It's a place for honesty about all the bullshit rattling around in our heads.
0:16.6	I'm not a therapist.
0:17.9	It's not a doctor's office.
0:19.9	More like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
0:23.2	Check out our website, mentalpod.com.
0:25.7	And also follow us on social media at mental pod.
0:30.7	I want to read a survey.
0:34.4	This is from the Ask Paul Anything survey filled out by a woman who calls herself fake
0:39.2	friend.
0:40.4	And she writes, how have you approached difficult friendships with people in active addiction?
0:45.0	I've been in recovery from alcohol and drugs for five years.
0:48.4	Unlike a lot of people in recovery, I didn't lose any of my friends in the process.
0:52.0	In fact, my friends were supportive during the early part of my recovery.
0:55.6	They became less supportive as time went on, but they still reach out to catch up occasionally.
1:02.2	I find it increasingly difficult to maintain a relationship with some of these friends
1:06.0	while they're active addiction to drugs and alcohol gets worse.
1:09.6	One friend of particular is struggling with booze and zannex and flip flops over whether
1:14.1	or not to get help.
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