Cracked, Not Broken, Kevin Hines
Cracked, Not Broken, Kevin Hines
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Cracked, Not Broken
Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt

Author: Kevin Hines, Dr. Daniel J. Reidenberg

Narrator: Kevin Hines

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/18/2018


Synopsis

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most recognizable structures to define a modern city. Yet, for author Kevin Hines the bridge is not merely a marker of a place or a time. Instead, the bridge marks the beginning of his remarkable story. At nineteen years old, Kevin attempted to take his own life by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge—a distance which took four seconds to fall. Recently diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, Kevin had begun to hear voices telling him he had to die, and days before his attempt, he began to believe them.

The fall would break his body, but not his spirit. His story chronicles the extraordinary will of the author to live mentally well in the face of his mental illness: bipolar disorder with psychotic features. With each mental breakdown, however, the author's desire to live mentally well—and to be a mental health advocate—pulls him from the depths of his condition. Kevin's story is a remarkable testament to the strength of the human spirit and a reminder to us to love the life we have. His story also reminds us that living mentally well takes time, endurance, hard work, and support. With these disciplines in place, those living with even very difficult diagnoses can achieve better lives for themselves and those who help to support and care for them.

About Kevin Hines

Kevin Hines is an award-winning international speaker, author, and mental health advocate.
Kevin has been featured in the critically acclaimed film The Bridge, on Larry King Live, 20/20, Anderson Cooper 360, Good Morning America, and Ireland's famed Tonight with Vincent Browne. He has been featured in hundreds of radio, film, and television media outlets. Kevin has written countless articles about suicide awareness/prevention and The Art of Living Mentally Well. His articles have appeared in the San Francisco Medical Magazine, the Santa Barbara Independent, New Voices at Bay, the National Council Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Advancements in Psychiatric Treatment, as well as many others. He was most recently honored as a Lifetime Achievement Award Winner by The National Council for Community Behavioral Health.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Janet on December 14, 2013

A life story that is not so well written or edited, but that needs to be told. Mental illness (bipolar disorder)drove this young man to jump from the Golden Gate Bridge. He survived but the illness still haunted him, and will for the rest of this life. His push to help others understand his disease......more

Goodreads review by Bookteafull (Danny) on January 14, 2019

Rating this book was difficult for me because I had already seen Kevin Hines give a speech and had seen his movie Suicide the Ripple Effect thanks to my mental health internship site. Hines is an exceptional speaker. He knows how to pull in an audience and make a room full of grown people cry -......more

Goodreads review by Annette on December 30, 2015

This book touched my heart. Once I opened the cover I could not put down. I saved the best to read early the next morning which was chapter 15 ~ A Decade of Change. I can relate how God can turn a situation around that was meant to kill you but instead you survived and now you are able to give other......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on January 27, 2015

We'll just say I finished it. This could have been a really good book because it's such an incredible story, but it was just really poorly written. I hate to be critical, but I wish the author would have let a professional writer tell the story for him. That being said, the editors did a really poor......more

Goodreads review by Craig on January 26, 2025

A great story.......more