I just finished an amazing book by the reporter Pete Earley, the title is Crazy. When Earley's son began acting strangely, Earley traveled to New York, where his son "Mike" was attending college and drove him to an emergency room in their hometown of Fairfax, Virginia. At the emergency room they were denied treatment because Virginia state law prohibits the treatment of mentally ill patients against their will. Mike insisted that there was nothing wrong, but Pete soon learned this was the start of a long journey of caring for his mentally ill son. Infuriated by the doctor's unwillingness to treat Mike, Pete dove into the world of mental health care, and learned that state laws such as the one prohibiting the doctor from treating Mike were just the start of many holes in the mental health care system. Earley decided to investigate one of the most mentally ill cities in the country, Miami. There he learned that many of our mentally ill are housed in our jails, not in hospitals, and that very few are being treated for their diseases. Pete Earley's book is one that not only educated me, but made my blood boil and further incensed my desire to stand up for my peers, my mentally ill community, and make sure that we are all treated. Our lives do not have to be an endless cycle of jail time, recovery, and relapse. The more we educate ourselves, the more we can learn what needs to be done to make sure that everyone is able to live the best life possible.