Eric Smith

The worse the illness got and the worse the symptoms got, the less control I had over any of it. I went through a period of more than a decade's worth of trial and error with antipsychotics, antidepressants, anti-anxiety meds, SSRIs, like the whole gamut of everything, and things kept getting worse.

So I finally got to this dangerous point rooted on deeply, deeply flawed logic, but made sense to me at the time, which was this. If I had any of these diagnoses that all of these meds are designed to treat, when I took them as I did, things should have started getting better, but things kept getting worse.

So I finally got to this dangerous point rooted on deeply, deeply flawed logic, but made sense to me at the time, which was this. If I had any of these diagnoses that all of these meds are designed to treat, when I took them as I did, things should have started getting better, but things kept getting worse.

So I finally got to this dangerous point rooted on deeply, deeply flawed logic, but made sense to me at the time, which was this. If I had any of these diagnoses that all of these meds are designed to treat, when I took them as I did, things should have started getting better, but things kept getting worse.

So I finally got to a point where I was like, look, I don't have those diagnoses because the meds that are designed to treat those diagnoses did not and do not help me. I was convinced I could just live the rest of my life the way that I did. But at some point it got so bad, the FBI got involved. The Secret Service got involved.

So I finally got to a point where I was like, look, I don't have those diagnoses because the meds that are designed to treat those diagnoses did not and do not help me. I was convinced I could just live the rest of my life the way that I did. But at some point it got so bad, the FBI got involved. The Secret Service got involved.

So I finally got to a point where I was like, look, I don't have those diagnoses because the meds that are designed to treat those diagnoses did not and do not help me. I was convinced I could just live the rest of my life the way that I did. But at some point it got so bad, the FBI got involved. The Secret Service got involved.

Various embassies and consulates from around the world, unfortunately, were brought into the mess of things. Before people are listening to this story, they're like, oh my God, Eric, did things ever get better? Yeah, and I hope we can unpack that.

Various embassies and consulates from around the world, unfortunately, were brought into the mess of things. Before people are listening to this story, they're like, oh my God, Eric, did things ever get better? Yeah, and I hope we can unpack that.

Various embassies and consulates from around the world, unfortunately, were brought into the mess of things. Before people are listening to this story, they're like, oh my God, Eric, did things ever get better? Yeah, and I hope we can unpack that.

And it included me being pointed in as commissioner by the two highest courts in Texas, our state Supreme Court and our Court of Criminal Appeals here in Texas where I live. I'm so grateful to have had opportunities to year over year be invited to talk with Stanford University law students about my journey, talk with them about policy and practice.

And it included me being pointed in as commissioner by the two highest courts in Texas, our state Supreme Court and our Court of Criminal Appeals here in Texas where I live. I'm so grateful to have had opportunities to year over year be invited to talk with Stanford University law students about my journey, talk with them about policy and practice.

And it included me being pointed in as commissioner by the two highest courts in Texas, our state Supreme Court and our Court of Criminal Appeals here in Texas where I live. I'm so grateful to have had opportunities to year over year be invited to talk with Stanford University law students about my journey, talk with them about policy and practice.

This is a university that I would never have ever had a chance getting into. Now I get to talk with students who are living their lives, hoping to change the future through whatever line of work it is they choose to do.

This is a university that I would never have ever had a chance getting into. Now I get to talk with students who are living their lives, hoping to change the future through whatever line of work it is they choose to do.

This is a university that I would never have ever had a chance getting into. Now I get to talk with students who are living their lives, hoping to change the future through whatever line of work it is they choose to do.

Being involved in major media, doing this conversation like I'm doing with you right now, Tony, the way my life ended up right now, the rest of my life will be spent trying to help other people who have desirable outcomes. Because

Being involved in major media, doing this conversation like I'm doing with you right now, Tony, the way my life ended up right now, the rest of my life will be spent trying to help other people who have desirable outcomes. Because

Being involved in major media, doing this conversation like I'm doing with you right now, Tony, the way my life ended up right now, the rest of my life will be spent trying to help other people who have desirable outcomes. Because

On paper, dropping out of high school, failing out of college, getting arrested for stuff related to mental health and mental illness, that generally doesn't bode well for the trajectory of things. But I got lucky. I got the treatment that I needed. I got the resources that I needed. I had the support that I needed.