Jerry Baker was born and raised in Silverton, Texas, one of ten black children in his family. He had problems dealing with people, self-medicated with alcohol and drugs for many years. Finally getting help from MHMR (Mental Health and Mental Retardation), he learned he had three mental disorders: bipolar, schizophrenia and dyslexia. How he persevered and overcame is told humbly in this memoir of the good and bad.