Listen to full audiobooks for free on :#adhttps://amzn.to/499CVn8Title: AsylumAuthor: Joe PantolianoNarrator: Joe Pantoliano, Nancy Sheppard Pantoliano, Natalie NightwolfFormat: UnabridgedLength: 11 hrs and 7 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 04-25-12Publisher: Audible StudiosGenres: Arts & Entertainment, Celebrity BiosSummary:In this deeply moving and resourceful memoir, beloved actor-director and New York Times best-selling author Joe Pantoliano takes aim at the stigma attached to what he calls brain dis-ease by writing candidly and humorously about his own journey through clinical depression and addiction.Most people know Joe Pantoliano from his memorable roles in such blockbuster movies as The Matrix, Risky Business, The Fugitive, and Memento, or from his Emmy-winning performance on The Sopranos. But despite all this success, the actor, known as "Joey Pants", struggled with what he later found out was clinical depressionor brain dis-ease, as he calls it.Asylum is the story of Joes quest for the Hollywood success he was sure would cure him and the painful downhill spiral into depression and addiction that followed his success. Weaving deeply personal experience together with informative discourse, this memoir creates an unflinchingly honest portrayal of the true nature of the disease, as well as Joes own eventual diagnosis, recovery, and ongoing efforts to educate others and remove the stigma from mental illness.Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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