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b'In his new memoir,\\xa0Lost and Broken, Congressman Adam Smith\\xa0shares with unflinching honesty how he got to this lowest point in life, and how he slowly, painfully and unevenly found his way back to having a calmer mind and being free\\xa0of\\xa0chronic pain and medication.Representative\\xa0Adam\\xa0Smith\\xa0woke up one morning in April 2016 and seriously considered the possibility that he might never be able to get out\\xa0of\\xa0bed. Hobbled by crippling anxiety, chronic pain, muscle atrophy and a confusing cocktail\\xa0of\\xa0medications, he wasn\\u2019t sure what terrified him more: getting up or staying in bed. It\\u2019s a struggle millions\\xa0of\\xa0Americans know all too well.\\xa0In his new memoir,\\xa0Lost and Broken,\\xa0Smith\\xa0shares with unflinching honesty how he got to this lowest point in life, and how he slowly, painfully and unevenly found his way back to having a calmer mind and being free\\xa0of\\xa0chronic pain and medication.'