Throughout human history, millions of people have suffered from issues that are related to mental health and addiction. Now, it is our obligation to comprehend mental disorders and provide venues for healing. It is only through such understanding that we might begin to eliminate the stereotype about mental illness and the reality of how people live and manage mental illness and addiction effectively.
 
Many authors have written about these serious, intriguing, subjects. Yet, few of them are able to motivate us to action. Natalie Jeanne Champagne is one who does so. In her unique memoir, The Third Sunrise, she encourages us to live up to the obligations of compassion. These obligations, she believes, require full understanding of mental illness and addiction and the effects they have on those who struggle with them on a daily basis and those directly affected by them.
 
Blessed with a family who provides insight and understanding throughout The Third Sunrise, Champagne presents readers with a world in which life isn’t usually easy, but it is, with a little luck and acceptance, full of hope and promise.
 
Natalie Jeanne Champagne presents readers with experiences that are both raw and insightful. She exposes the reality of co-morbid illness: the mental illness she suffered as a child and the addiction which followed her throughout life. Sobriety and stability, as The Third Sunrise chronicles, often exist side by side and must be treated as such.
 
A fair-minded critic to the passivism and scepticism that often surrounds human suffering, Champagne offers her story as an inspiration to others. With a wealth of understanding of both practical and non-traditional ideas, her book demonstrates how knowledge and compassion for humanity can - and should - lead to a better life.