The Bipolar Addict: Drinks, Drugs, Delirium & Why Sober Is the New Cool
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Author: Conor Bezane
Publisher: Redwood Publishing, LLC.
Paperback:
ISBN 10: 1947341340
ISBN 13: 978-1947341340
The Bipolar Addict: Drinks, Drugs, Delirium & Why Sober Is the New Cool delivers an insider's look into the invisible world of those living with a co-occuring disorder of manic depression and addiction. These true tales of survival, including the author's own, offer insight into a secret tribe of mentally ill heroes, the promise of sobriety and the triumph of stability.
Review
Conor Bezane writes with the honesty, poignancy and grace of someone who has not just survived, but transcended tremendous odds with his heart and soul intact. His book opens itself up to you as a friend: a fellow traveler should you find yourself trapped in the lonely places of alienation, addiction and mental illness.
-- Gideon Yago, MTV News Anchor
In his unflinching memoir, Conor Bezane chronicles hisstruggles with bipolar disorder and addiction. The stories he tells areharrowing yet hopeful as he offers a rare glimpse into the mind of someone whoturns to alcohol and drugs in a desperate -- yet all too common -- attempt tosoothe a chemically misfiring brain. A must-read for people grappling with thedouble whammy of a mood disorder coupled with addiction -- and those who lovethem.
-- Betsy Forhan, executiveproducer, National Geographic Channel
Conor Bezane sees through the darkness with startling clarity in this powerful, unsentimental journal of descent into madness and back again. A tightly-wound memoir, the author's economy of words pays dividends time after time, the stench of crack pipes as viscerally conveyed as the ecstasy of teenage punk rock catharsis. Singing like an anthem for the "dually diagnosed," The Bipolar Addict is a porch light left on at night for those seeking shelter from the storm and against relentless headwinds trying to find their way back home again.-- Jim Fraenkel, former VP, MTV News As a person living with bipolar, I was impressed with how Conor describes the dizzying heights of mania and crushing depths of depression. Even those who have never experienced either can almost feel it through his words.-- Gabe Howard, mental health advocate and host --PsychCentral Podcast, and A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a PodcastWith The Bipolar Addict, Conor Bezane fearlessly opens up about his personal demons, delivering a moving and unique memoir that recounts not only his own harrowing and deeply personal odyssey to sobriety, but celebrates, in vivid detail, the triumphs of others in recovery. The book both inspires and consoles while making a percipient argument for temperance. -- Chris Harris, True Crime and Pop Culture Journalist
About the Author
Conor Bezane is a seasoned journalist who has covered music and pop culture for nearly 20 years. In 2007, while a producer with MTV News in New York City, He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and shifted his attention to writing about mental health. This is his first book.
Conor has interviewed and written about the Beastie Boys, Green Day, Robert DeNiro, and Kirsten Dunst among others. He has covered such major events as Lollapalooza in Chicago, SXSW in Austin, and the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Conor has bylines in such publications as MTV News, AOL, and VICE.
He can be reached on Twitter @ConorBezane, you can join his Facebook group @conorbezane, and his blog can be found at conorbezane.com.
