In the chaos
of rapidly alternating moods, a suicidal drug and alcohol addiction, and the
wreckage they both leave behind, how does a young woman find the path to a
happy life and stay guided down it?
This is not
only an astounding look into the euphoric psychosis of mania and the despondent
distorted thinking of depression, but insight into the broken treatment system
for mental illness in the United States and the taboo that prevents education
that could save lives from being spread. Addiction memoirist Amy D. Brooks
shares the unique struggles of managing a dual-diagnosis, detailing her experiences
navigating sobriety while facing a severe mental illness and learning how to
treat it. She fumbles over the basics of living life as an adult following rehabilitation
from heroin addiction and alcoholism and becomes tortured by the looming and
growing threat of intense moods that endanger the stability she manages to
create in spite of her turbulent past.
