Certainty of One

Certainty of One is the story of a psychiatrist, a patient, a journey of five friends who, upon venturing to the abyss of the loneliness in their lives, find the unity they share amid the chaos of wastebasket diagnosis, prescription pharmaceuticals and the wondrous paradox of the School Room of life. It is a critical bird's eye view into the evolution of cultural archetypes, the trappings of generational angst and the breakthroughs inherent in the choice of free will versus the established status-quo. It is an autobiographical memoir about author's struggles with schizo-affective disorder (Schizophrenia Spectrum) bipolar. It is not your ordinary sick lit tale but uses fantasy, science fiction and humor into a fictional memoir epic about a writer coming to terms with delusion, reality, paranoia and hallucinations. It is also a coming of age tale for the aging Generation X population, full of Hunter S. Thompson observations on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in the information age of the 21st century. In the tradition of Alice in Wonderland, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Gravity's Rainbow and the humor of Vonnegut, Certainty of One takes the trials and tribulations of mental illness, turning the old stereotypes on their heads and becoming an instructional manual not only for staying sane but also of living with faith in intuitive leaps of the irrational and humorously truthful.