MANIC MAN: Tales of a Middle Aged, Irish, Bipolar Warrior

by Richard Stephenson

Dedicated to my very patient and loyal fans. Four years and I thought for sure no one cared. Well, they do.And to everyone inside the darkest depths and horrors of their own minds. Mental heath awareness is in short supply.Let’s talk about the cover.Semicolon.The sentence is up in the air. End it? Keep going? Live? Die?The semicolon means the author made their own choice to keep the sentence going. Thoughts continue and grow. Life goes on.Love. Inclusion. Acceptance.This book is dedicated to the victims of suicide, the living and the dead.There is hope. Just grab on to the hand that breaks the fall. Get up, dust yourself off and live one more day above ground.I’ve walked the earth a decade longer than my own father ever did. This book is about him. It is about me. It is about my family. It is about making my family cry on and off for 44 years. This book is going to help me not make people cry anymore. It’s about shame and ugliness. It’s about neglect, abandonment, drugs, alcohol. Move forward BIPOLAR WARRIOR. Don’t slow down.You’re just getting started.

238 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 21, 2019

About the author

Richard Stephenson was born in 1975 in Denison, TX and spent his childhood in North Texas. In 1992, he graduated high school after only three years. He then pursued his degree at Oklahoma Christian University, once again accomplishing the task in three years. Richard then married his best friend before going off to basic training to be a military policeman with the US Army. With his new wife joining the adventure, they spent the next four years at Fort Polk, LA and had two children.

Richard currently lives in Southeast Texas with his family where he is working something very top secret.

Why haven't I published anything in four years?

Well, stay tuned!

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Synopsis from Amazon:

Dedicated to my very patient and loyal fans. Four years and I thought for sure no one cared. Well, they do.

And to everyone inside the darkest depths and horrors of their own minds. Mental heath awareness is in short supply.

Let’s talk about the cover.

Semicolon.

The sentence is up in the air. End it? Keep going? Live? Die?

The semicolon means the author made their own choice to keep the sentence going. Thoughts continue and grow. Life goes on.

Love. Inclusion. Acceptance.

This book is dedicated to the victims of suicide, the living and the dead.

There is hope. Just grab on to the hand that breaks the fall. Get up, dust yourself off and live one more day above ground.

I’ve walked the earth a decade longer than my own father ever did. This book is about him. It is about me. It is about my family. It is about making my family cry on and off for 44 years. This book is going to help me not make people cry anymore. It’s about shame and ugliness. It’s about neglect, abandonment, drugs, alcohol.

Move forward BIPOLAR WARRIOR. Don’t slow down.

You’re just getting started."