When Robert Imbeault began writing this book, he did so with the intention ofending his life once the book was finished. Robert was in the midst of a five-yearsuicidal drug and alcohol binge that began after the sudden resurfacing of a buriedmemory from when he was eight years old. Robert turned to writing, determined tochronicle his life before and after the violent encounter that shattered hisreality. As his life inched back toward normalcy, Robert found new reasons to keepwriting. After a series of small steps forward, and a few steps back, Robert foundhis way to sobriety. He regained his health and began to treat himself and everyonearound him with love and kindness. Today, Robert enjoys a life filled with gratitudeand joy he thought he''d never live to see. In Before I Leave You, he shares his realand raw account of how he clawed his way back from the brink, forgave himself, andwrote a new ending to his story.