With candid clarity this first time author, a basketball folk hero, recalls his heart wrenching descent from carefree honors student to self-imposed exile. His harrowing account of panic attacks, pharmacutical dead ends, and varying reactions of others to this condition are only a few of the aspects of the disorder the author covers hauntingly. His odyessy from the death of his beloved mother to hopelessness, helplessness, and redemption hard won is compelling and inspiring. The authors joy to emerge in a loving and fulfilling life as a husband and father is contagious. It is a goal for which the reader will cheer. That he also emerges as an award-winning newspaper columnist is a promise to the reader of the craft of this compulsively readable account. This self-examination serves as a MUST READ BOOK for those who suffer from this life-stealing disorder and the people who love them. BRAVO!