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She didn't get rescued. She chose to stay.Under '90s South Florida neon-warehouse nights, mixtapes, first loves that burn fast-Gabriela Ayala learned to perform: good daughter, star student, always fine. When a night ends in handcuffs and hospital lights, the performance cracks. All the Pills I Swallow is a scene-driven coming-of-age memoir about choosing one honest page a day over disappearing-and about the love that stays when the fireworks fade. Told in short, cinematic chapters, this is a candid portrait of living with bipolar disorder, psychiatric hospitalizations, and the real work of mental-health recovery-meds, therapy, boundaries, community. It's stigma-smart, culturally specific, and propulsive: a first-gen daughter navigating gatekept rooms and finally choosing voice over titles. A crossroads-Doctorate or Writer-becomes a lifeline. For anyone who grew up on '90s nights and big feelings, for women of color finding belonging, and for readers who know hope isn't a miracle; it's a practice. '90s rave energy + coming-of-age (first loves vs. the love that stays) First-gen/Latina lens on class, identity, and ""degrees as armor"" Accurate, stigma-smart mental-health narrative (never sensationalized) Book-club ready: short chapters, big themes, earned hope My mind is a gift. My moods are tides. They always, always return.

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