I found the book itself to be quite interesting to read, but can't help but wonder if it wouldn't be more "important" to bring own voices up when it comes to mental illness, rather than the family.

Blinded by Hope: One Mother's Journey Through Her Son's Bipolar Illness and Addiction by Meg McGuire is a book that everyone should read. I want to thank the author publisher and Netgalley for my advanced copy and for allowing me the opportunity to go on this tough journey. I have been a woman who has struggled with living a normal life for 29 years. I believe that everyone who has struggled and every parent should read this. Addiction is a hard enough to wrap your head around I can’t imagine adding mental illness to the crazy equation. This is a heart wrenching book that I feel everyone should read. I hope the author does some kind of fallow up. I have cried bonded and cheered for Ryan that I need to know how he is doing.

This was a sad subject matter but a very good read. Sometimes hard to digest but, nontheless, very valuable book. The subject matter is a mixed bag of issues, mental illness, incarceration, etc, and it lets us get a view of how these things can effect a family. But what this book showed me was that a mother's love for her child has no bounds. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the advanced reading copy of this book in return for my honest review.

This is certainly an eye- opening book that every single parent must read to learn about drug addiction and also bipolar disease.
The quote to hear : "To be an addict, is to be something of an acrobat . You spread versions of yourself around, giving each person the truth he or she needs- you need, actually- to keep them at a remove."
A tough book to read, but well worth it.

For personal and work-related reasons, I've read a vast array of mental health books over the past two decades and I've never encountered a book quite like Meg McGuire's "Blinded By Hope." As a parent who has bipolar disorder, I can't imagine the agony McGuire suffered from witnessing her son's mental illness and drug use as well as her own addiction to being his rescuer, time and time again. Her memoir offers a wealth of valuable insights to readers who love someone living with a serious mental illness. I highly recommend it.