conventional wisdom
by rantywoman
This weekend I listened to this podcast with Dr. Drew:
http://drdrew.com/043-heather-mcdonald/
At the end of the podcast, he says that all people need “work, love, and play,” and if one of those areas is missing in someone’s life, it’s because they have some sort of problem. Thanks!
The guest, Heather McDonald, told him that a high percentage of people are remaining single and living alone today and just enjoying their pets.
He seemed shocked by this news– shocked. His only comment was, “That’s sad.”
For someone who doles out therapy, he seems pretty clueless. He’s been married since the eighties, but I would imagine he’d be more in tune with societal shifts. Wrong.
thebitterbabe 
Dr Drew lost any professional integrity when he commercialised his ‘rehab’ programmes via TV deals. He knows nothing.
He has a podcast with Doug Stanhope where Stanhope basically calls him out for that.
And he’s not a psychiatrist. (I think he’s an internist.) But either way: He’d have to be pretty clueless to be “surprised” that such a high percentage of the population lives alone these days. I myself am under such enormous strain at work these days that I feel non only “love-less” but also “play-less.”
I hear you on that one– that’s how I’ve been feeling for years.