{"product_id":"life-is-like-a-line-a-memoir-of-moods-medication-and-mania","title":"Life is Like a Line - A Memoir of Moods, Medication, and Mania","description":"Bipolar Disorder was a medical term Cynthia Sabotka knew nothing about. But it was the mania of her illness that seduced her. \"Life Is Like a Line\" is the eloquent journey into the mind of an individual suffering since childhood from a mood disorder that has preyed on her emotions and affected her in every conceivable way.\nFrequently exhilarated, often violently angry, and nearly constantly terrified, high achiever Cynthia Sabotka has spent her life running, nearly always at full speed. For most of her life, she had no idea what she was running from. With suicidal ideation leading her ever closer to the brink of disaster, Cynthia embarked upon a journey of discovery. A determined psychiatrist, medication, and therapy ultimately saved her life, as well as her marriage. After several false starts and medication side effects so debilitating many individuals would have given up rather than endure them, she learned that she can live life on the line.\nLife on the line means Cynthia lives a stable, rational, emotionally predictable life, rather than soaring maniacally above the line, where she drives faster, talks louder, and takes appallingly dangerous risks, or plummeting below the line, where she hides, nearly paralyzed with terror and confusion, in the sanctuary of her bedroom. Complicated by family members and a family history as complex as they come. Life Is Like a Line is ultimately the memoir of one woman s triumph over the myriad forces that inexplicably but inevitably worked to bring her to the brink of despair and disaster.\nEngrossing and enlightening, it offers an intimate peek into a fascinating mind and its triumph over itself.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0979779200\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0979779200.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Cynthia M. Sabotka\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43410963005501,"sku":"BVV.0979779200.G","price":32.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0979779200-0.jpg?v=1785447651","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/life-is-like-a-line-a-memoir-of-moods-medication-and-mania","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}