Twenty-First Century Schizoid Man: One Man's Story of Life Loss and Redemption Through God's Grace

By Peter Stuart

This is a self-help book as well as an autobiographical opus about how one man who was born with all of the temporal and spiritual advantages of a middle-class upbringing in suburban Qu?bec-City in Canada, nevertheless went off track. It recounts how mental-health issues were the crucial determining factor in touching off a twenty year struggle with addictions, culminating with a 'bottoming out', so to speak, at age 35, a subsequent entry into the 12 Step Program, and a re-birth in mind, body and spirit through psycho-pharmacology and a re-awakening of the Spirit of God through the practice once again of the Roman Catholic faith, something which I had let slide for several years as I went from pillar to post on my journey. I hope these words inspire at least a few people to come drink at the true source of spirituality and to better understand the complexities of life lived in the Canada of the 1960s and 70s in Qu?bec, when language, culture, religion and identity were all inextricably intertwined in a vortex whose proportions and outcome have yet to be truly resolved to the satisfaction of all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1482778882
• ISBN13: 9781482778885
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"