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The Vine: September 26, 2002
September 26, 2002 – 9:55 AM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
Could not resist responding to “Obsessed’s” request for information.
While support groups are great, for both emotional stuff and for information,
when dealing with medical matters it is essential to check and double-check
anything anyone tells you.This …

The Vine: September 25, 2002
September 25, 2002 – 9:54 AM | No Comment

I am writing in regards to Coffeedrinker.I’d like to add to your
assurances that these kinds of dreams are totally normal before the wedding.
I just got married three weeks ago, and the last couple of months …

The Vine: August 23, 2002
August 23, 2002 – 1:04 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I often agree with your advice, but I’ll have to take a pass on what you wrote Yo-Yo.
Before she throws in the towel for good and goes through something as traumatic as a divorce, …

The Vine: July 10, 2002
July 10, 2002 – 4:25 PM | No Comment

Hi Sars,
The letter from Take Me Out To A Ballgame…Any Ballgame reminded me of a column by the Sports Guy called “Rules For Being A True Fan.” I don’t agree with all of it, but …

The Vine: June 28, 2002
June 28, 2002 – 10:31 AM | No Comment

Sars,
I am a 21-year-old male college junior, on the ugly side of average, and generally pretty nondescript.Two years ago, I was diagnosed with social phobia.I’ve taken three medicines for this and gone to both individual …

The Vine: June 25, 2002
June 25, 2002 – 10:10 AM | No Comment

Dear Sars:
I have a very unique and eternally irritating problem. It isn’t a new sort of issue. It’s a fairly old and long-lived issue. It’s only now that I have realized that, if I …

The Vine: June 18, 2002
June 18, 2002 – 3:11 PM | No Comment

Dear Sars,
I have to respond to Too Young For Mid-Life Crisis’s letter to you — as a twentysomething woman who has major clinical depression and has had it treated successfully, I see the lead weights …

The Vine: June 14, 2002
June 14, 2002 – 2:24 PM | No Comment

Hey Sars,
Here’s another heart-attack tip, in case no one else has sent it in yet. If you’re at risk for having a heart attack, it’s a very good idea to carry an aspirin around with …

The Vine: June 13, 2002
June 13, 2002 – 2:21 PM | No Comment

Sars,
It’s a lot of good luck that kept your uncle alive.I don’t know the details surrounding the response to his heart attack, but I have a pretty good idea of how things panned out.I’ve been …

The Vine: May 17, 2002
May 17, 2002 – 8:49 AM | No Comment

Dear Sarah,
This letter is really in response to SSMW’s second sentence, and not about the reproductive law issues (about which I know less than you purport to).She says, “I don’t have a boyfriend, nor have …