EP 1,164B - Eliminating the Stigma of Mental Illness

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In his new memoir, Lost and Broken, Congressman Adam Smith shares with unflinching honesty how he got to this lowest point in life, and how he slowly, painfully and unevenly found his way back to having a calmer mind and being free of chronic pain and medication.Representative Adam Smith woke up one morning in April 2016 and seriously considered the possibility that he might never be able to get out of bed. Hobbled by crippling anxiety, chronic pain, muscle atrophy and a confusing cocktail of medications, he wasn’t sure what terrified him more: getting up or staying in bed. It’s a struggle millions of Americans know all too well. In his new memoir, Lost and Broken, Smith shares with unflinching honesty how he got to this lowest point in life, and how he slowly, painfully and unevenly found his way back to having a calmer mind and being free of chronic pain and medication.