For almost fifty years Paul LaPointe wondered what was wrong with him while he struggled with the consequences of undiagnosed bi-polar disorder. He lost relationships, lived a life of extremes and cycled in and out of jail as a result of his sometimes bizarre, sometimes desperate behaviour. While his memoir, From A Cell to Sanity, details some of his wilder moments and the depths of his despair, it is also a chronicle of hope for others who either live with this condition or who are close to someone who does.