Author: Natalie Jeanne Champagne
ISBN: 978-1-926780-16-0 Number of Pages: 238 Publication Date: 19-July-2012 Synopsis
“Psychiatrists and I; we do not get on well. They have failed to cure me; I am still damaged and it is for this reason that I am cheeky and certainly not pleasant. I am hurting. I just want them to fix me. Fix Me.” The Third Sunrise takes the reader into a world that is as terrifying as it is exhilarating: it depicts the life of a young woman who, at the age of twelve, was diagnosed with early-onset bipolar disorder and spent many years in a psychiatric hospital where she was prescribed cocktails of medications promising recovery. Recovery never found her, and frightened, she found something else: drugs and alcohol. They quickly become exactly what she needed—a brilliant, black, detour from reality. At the age of twenty, she had devoted her life to addiction and it nearly killed her in the process. Escape wasn’t possible: she bathed in the darkness of cocaine, shook hands with heroin, and relished in the comfort of alcohol. She ceased to exist. The seizures she suffered at the hands of drugs, the abuse caused by those she invited into her life, and the pain she inflicted on herself and her family were lost to the underworld of drugs. The Third Sunrise is a confessional, darkly humored, account of life through the eyes of a woman fighting to find it. More information is available at the book’s web site:
www.thethirdsunrise.com
About the Author  Natalie regularly contributes to mental health and addictions publications and is an advocate for mental health. She has published poetry in many anthologies. She currently lives in British Columbia, Canada. The Third Sunrise is her first book.
Endorsements “The candour of this memoir will undoubtedly help those who have been affected by bipolar disorder, drug and alcohol addiction, sexual assault and self-harm as well as their families. It is this and the author’s once seemingly impossible, yet now flourishing recovery of which she should be most proud.” ~ Michael Richmond, Author of Sysyphusa “An intensely gripping narrative...expertly crafted and totally addictive...a must read!” ~ Maggie Reese, Author of Runaway Mind "Champagne's blunt prose cuts like a knife as she recounts the turmoil of a life lived beyond the edge. Holding no punches, her acerbic frankness at once draws and repels you yet . . . this is a book that you will not be able to put down." ~Jon W. Hansen, The PI Social Media Network, Talk Radio Host and author
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