Brighton Publishing releases “Daily Meds Should Be Taken Daily” by author R.N. Messer

MESA, Ariz. - Oct. 15, 2015 - PRLog -- Brighton Publishing LLC proudly announces the print release of Daily Meds Should Be Taken Daily, by author R.N. Messer. The book is now available in eBook and print through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other leading retailers. Print distribution is through Ingram Content Group, the largest wholesale book distributor in the world, in addition to availability worldwide through the Espresso Book Machine Network.

Synopsis: Christians and lay people alike are called to new depths of understanding as they journey through the life of a woman with schizophrenia. She poignantly reveals what it’s like from the inside out to struggle for faith in a world that frequently adds to the torment of individuals suffering with a mental illness. She chronicles her experiences in concise and true language with an honesty that may seem brutal to some, but relieving to others. Through her experiences—and the experiences of her children—we witness a struggle to overcome anguish and a successful effort to experience God…

…and it is through this grace that she shares her vision to help others.

Specific to those people of faith is an examination of how the prejudice so often demonstrated by professed Christians against the mentally ill affects the ability of those suffering to find sanctuary in the church. There is a discussion of scripture and the gospel from the standpoint of the broken and the lost that is sometimes not understood by those who have lived relatively sane lives. A snapshot of the church today is displayed focused through the lens of those who are hurting…

…and the pain that many of the thoughtless things spoken in classes and sermons is revealed.

Although she addresses Christians with a call to finding and sharing the love of Christ with the downtrodden, her words will ring true with all who have family, friends, or acquaintances with a mental illness. Her straight-forward style opens a window into a world rarely seen—and often feared—by those who encounter the mentally ill. In sharing her perspective, we learn to understand how damaging casual comments, or openly derisive actions, can be to anyone, but more so to those afflicted and struggling for normalcy. She issues a plea to raise our children to be devoid of fear, aversion, and the cruelty too often leveled at people seen as ill or different. Daily Meds offers understanding…

…and the overarching hope that we may all learn to love one another through faith, understanding, and a willingness to care.

“Daily Meds is brilliantly crafted, in a heartfelt portrayal of the human capacity to fight, endure and hope for a better world,” said Kathie McGuire, director of Brighton Publishing LLC.”

R.N. Messer lives in Arkansas with her two children and their cat, Smoky. As much as her life has been shaped by her family life and the mental illness she has battled since her teens, she has been greatly influenced by experiencing firsthand the integration of the school system in the small southern town where she grew up. She decided then that she was going eradicate prejudice in her lifetime. Not just racism and sexism, but prejudice of all kinds; prejudice against the “geek” and the “weak,” the “different” and ...yes, against the mentally ill.

Make no mistake about it, the goal she set may have been a bit loftier than she realized and a bit harder to reach, and perhaps fraught with more resistance than she had imagined, but she has not given up on achieving it. She has realized however, that she’s going to need a little help. You’re invited to join the movement.

rnmesserthepoet@yahoo.com