“Early one morning in April of 2016, I woke up and seriously contemplated the possibility that I would never be able to generate the strength, focus and courage to get out of bed. The combination of crippling anxiety, chronic pain, muscle wasting, and the fascinating mix of drugs coursing through my body had, I feared, finally broken me.
These are the words of Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, on the first page of his new book, Lost and broken. In he book Smith tells his deeply personal story of suffering through—and eventually overcoming—debilitating mental and physical illnesses.
