This award-winning author knows full well the stigma and discrimination experienced by persons with mental illness and drug addiction. His personal story is a demonstration that anyone, no matter how ill, can recover and live meaningful lives. It is a story of a descent into the darkness of insanity and the journey back to the full light of hope and peace. It is his intention that his story will instill hope for those who are wandering in the darkness and to the people that love them and desire their return to the light of life.