Our Journey is our new stakeholder newsletter which replaces the Expect Recovery and New Directions newsletters. This newsletter has a wide variety of information. We hope you will find it helpful and relevant! Here is the Our Journey February 2013.
February is just around the corner and with it comes thoughts of Valentines (hearts) Presidents Day (Cherries – Lincoln) and it’s National Cherry Month! What do they all have in common? RED, the color red! The first day of February (Friday, Feb 1), is a day to wear red and show your support for Women’s […]
This op-ed in the NY Times by Elyn Saks is very inspiring. Despite her diagnosis of schizophrenia, she refused to accept the grave prognosis she received, and focused instead on how she could accomplish her dreams. She is an endowed professor of law at the University of Southern California and also has an adjunct appointment […]
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are back to our regular meeting format, where consumers and staff working together have the opportunity to share, make suggestions and offer input, learn about opportunities to volunteer and get involved, help plan events, and address stigma issues. Here are our Action Group January 9, 2013 meeting minutes. There is still opportunity to add […]
I was born and raised in a country home in Tennessee, being the youngest child of six. I grew up there until my mother passed away. I was 21 years old. That’s when I started getting depressed and was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder with psychotic behaviors. Not long after that I was admitted into […]
As I have moved forward in my recovery, I have experienced many trials. For a few years, I was homeless and unemployable. While awaiting the decision on my disability, I was able to obtain housing through a grant. When my cash assistance was cut, community resources were able to meet my needs. In retrospect, it’s […]
In high school I felt fine, but I was picked on for how I looked. Also, I had “mono” in my senior year and was concerned whether I would graduate with my class in 1986 at Forest Area High School. I did graduate, but afterwards I didn’t know what I was going to do with […]