. >> the grasshoppers sin and play. >> it is what it is and grass hopper is what it is and christmass humbug. good day. >> like ebenezer scrooge many people find themselves spending time with family and friends for pursuit of success and power but unlike mr. scrooge no one has the ghost of christmas past, present or future to turn our lives around. the latest numbers from the national institute of mental health show more than 6 million men have depression each year, most of it at the height of their professional careers, and according to our next guest male loneliness leads to alcohol problems, divorce, deep depression and even suicide. however, our specialist, thomas joyner, a brief sore of psychology at florida state university, joins us today with some tips on how to cure these very problems. he's the author of "lonely at the top, the high cost of men's success." so the problem seems fairly well defined. how do you even begin to address it? >> well, it's very well defined, and as you reference it's very prevalent. the surveys indicate one out of three, maybe even more men, and als