This work is about the art of living mentally well. Told through the first-hand experience of mental health advocate, activist and speaker Kevin Hines (who has bipolar disorder), the story is an honest account of the struggle to live mentally well, and teach others how to do the same. It educates the public about mental illness and helps anyone reading find hope in any situation.
Contents The beginning daze -- Initial meltdown -- The night before -- The bridge -- The miracle -- The first hotel stay -- The great one -- Breadown city - locked up again -- Big dreams, little stage, and unrelenting psychosis -- Lock down - third time's a charm -- The epiphany and the gift -- Five years of happiness -- Moving in reverse -- Chronicles of redemption and a modicum of success -- A decade of change.