May 8, 2014
Blurb
Vice President Joe Biden can be funny. He can be controversial. But when he addressed the 15,000 members at the American Psychiatric Association's 167th Annual Meeting at the Javits Center in New York City on Monday, he was eloquent.
Recalling a visit he received from a college roommate whose son was diagnosed with bipolar disease, Biden told the audience:
My friend came to me and said, 'Joe, I don't know what to do. I feel like my boy is at the end of a string, and if I pull too hard it will break. And I will lose him forever.' I found the metaphor incredibly compelling. There are too many people who know that feeling — they don't know what to do, but they know if they pull too hard, that string may break and they will lose their blood.
http://www.elsevier.com/connect/vp-joe-biden-addresses-the-american-psychiatric-association
Recalling a visit he received from a college roommate whose son was diagnosed with bipolar disease, Biden told the audience:
My friend came to me and said, 'Joe, I don't know what to do. I feel like my boy is at the end of a string, and if I pull too hard it will break. And I will lose him forever.' I found the metaphor incredibly compelling. There are too many people who know that feeling — they don't know what to do, but they know if they pull too hard, that string may break and they will lose their blood.
http://www.elsevier.com/connect/vp-joe-biden-addresses-the-american-psychiatric-association