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Joy Behar Gives Readers 'a Lift' With New Book

Comedian and talk show host Joy Behar has a new book about improving your mood.

ByABC News via logo
September 18, 2007, 10:51 AM

Sept. 19, 2007 — -- "The View" co-host and comedian Joy Behar has put together a compilation of brief, personal essays from her closest friends, telling you how to boost your mood.

While Behar herself doesn't dispense any personal advice in "When You Need A Lift," people like Larry King, Tony Danza, former first lady Barbara Bush and Beau Bridges talk about what improves their moods.

Read an excerpt of the book below.

Joey Fatone

Well, for starters, I have been blessed with a great life.I am normally very happy and enjoy life as it comes. I haveheard that many people eat when they are depressed ormad; with me it's the opposite! I eat when I am happy andI have no appetite when I'm not. When I do get mad,LOOK OUT! I tend to get quiet and ignore everyone andeverything around me...I just want to be alone and playvideo games (I find video games are very therapeutic). Ifafter a few HOURS of playing video, I don't feel better, Ithen watch a movie or go to the movies. For somestrange reason a good movie always calms me down,clears my head, and I'm happy again. Then, being happy,I start to eat and I gain weight and then become upset forgaining weight, then I don't eat, lose weight and gethappy, and then eat AGAIN!!!!!!! .... IT IS A NEVERENDINGCYCLE! Guess what, I'm depressed; now Ihave to go play video games!!! Oh well, guess you can'thave everything.

Joey Fatone is an actor and singer from Orlando, Florida. He isbest known for singing tenor for the wildly popular boy band'N Sync. The group achieved phenomenal success with hitssuch as "Tearin' Up My Heart" and "Bye Bye Bye." Fatone hasacted in films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding and has lenthis voice to various television programs including Kim Possibleand Robot Chicken.