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Imagine being arrested, handcuffed and locked behind the bars of a dark, cold, jail cell. You are strapped to a gurney, electrodes are stuck to your temples, and a rubber mouthpiece is forced between your teeth.

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If anyone can prevent even a single child or teenager from repeating the mistakes described in this book... or help a loved one or family member avoid unnecessary future suffering... then my struggles will t have been in vain. Imagine being arrested, handcuffed and locked behind the bars of a dark, cold, jail cell. The next day you are forcibly dragged to a downtown high-rise and thrust into a 4'x 8' steel-walled cage. Your freedom has been ripped away, even though you haven't been charged with a single crime. The prison guard tells you, They are going to lock you up and throw away the key! You are driven to an insane asylum where a psychiatrist orders mandatory shock treatments. You are strapped to a gurney, electrodes are stuck to your temples, and a rubber mouthpiece is forced between your teeth. When the first electric voltages pass through your brain, your heart stops. You are revived, then given a series of nine more ECT treatments without anesthesia. Each one feels like a sledge hammer to your head. Your memories fade into a fog. You remain confined indoors and drugged for months... all because you were misdiagsed as a drug-induced paraid schizophrenic. As it turns out, you are actually bi-polar with claustrophobia! The torture of your confinement, the shock therapy, and being forced to take massive daily doses of the wrong medication leaves you obsessed with suicide. While locked away, your father dies and your girlfriend abandons you. Then one day you are released and simply told to Have a nice life! Substance abuse soon changes your obsession into a compulsion... one that leaves the blood squirting from your wrist as cold as the dirt you're lying in, while waiting to die. This is a review by Priscilla Estes, The US Review of Books: Below are my five recommendations to avoid going insane and to avoid insuring that you become some kind of worthless, pathetic, immoral, blubbering idiot in the future.The cover shows an adorable pre-school cowboy clutching matching six-shooters and grinning at the camera. The Roy Rogers image belies the misery on the pages that follow. What started as a private, therapeutic journal steamrolled into an honest account of a life derailed by grief, drugs, and addictive relationships. Barger does t apologize, make excuses or ask forgiveness... He merely tells it... callous accounts of womanizing and angry outbursts are sometimes uncomfortable to read... The book is a brave chronicle of how t to live and admonishes readers to follow their bliss, go for their dreams, and never give up. Priscilla Estes is a writer from Yardley, Pennsylvania. An Independent Writing and Editing Professional and Director of Christian Life Center and Activities, she was on the faculty of ETSU for twenty-four years. She has authored and co-authored a number of successful publications including New Orleans Swamp Romp and Take Me to The River. A Texas '2-stepper' who grew up in a local rural community of Maryland near Washington College, Priscilla previously lived in Antwerp, Belgium for two years. *(Notice to literary agents, publishers and producers: all applicable rights are open for bid. Contact information is available at the end of the book.)

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10
1463513216
ISBN-13
9781463513214
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Author Biography
Currently a best-selling author, Kerry Barger is a native Texan whose family's heritage in the state predates the American Civil War. The Wright brothers of Kitty Hawk, President Grover Cleveland, and General Robert E. Lee are all listed on his family tree. He retired in 2007, after working 30 years in the state's mental health care system, and has since visited ancient cultural sites in the U.S., Mexico, and Europe, while researching ancient biblical mysteries and writing his controversial books. Elohim: Ancient Science Fiction or Biblical God? offers an unconventional explanation of mankind's origins and biblical literature. It is not for the 'religious-minded'. Elohim II: Ascension of the King and Elohim III: The Return were released in 2014 as sci-fi sequels. This trilogy was followed by The True Story of Noah,Darla the Muse, and Abraham, Moses and Elohim.An American Holocaust: The Story of Lataine's Ring, details events of the worst school tragedy in U.S. history. His mother's cousin and childhood playmate was killed in the catastrophe. The author's interview with his mother recalling events of the London School explosion of March 18, 1937 is posted at http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEz9B_GUsmg In High Times and Rough Rides of a Bipolar Addict, the front page Dallas Morning News article dated March 22, 1969 entitled Youth Who Defended 'Pot' Is Committed is reprinted in its entirety. This book is intended for those who have bipolar family members struggling with drug, alcohol, relationship or sex addictions. You can visit the author's website at https: //sites.google.com/site/kerrylbarger
Format
Paperback / Softback
Language
English
Author(s)
Kerry L Barger
Date of Publication
04/10/2010
Format Details
Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Subject
Biography: General
Imprint
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Country of Publication
United States

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