A series that aired on The Today Show and a new book by Richard M. Cohen, called Strong at the Broken Places, are worth mentioning here for those looking for hope in their recovery. The Today Show series is all about the new book and it includes interviews with people whose stories are highlighted in […]
If you are interested in being appointed a member of the Northern Lakes CMH Recovery Council, please turn in your application by December 15, 2007. You may: turn it in to any of the office receptionists; mail to Mary Beth Evans, Recovery Coordinator, at NLCMH, 2715 Townline Road, Houghton Lake MI 48629; or fax to […]
What is a Recovery Learning Community? What is the NLCMHA Recovery Council? What does recovery mean to us? These and other questions were discussed by lots of people who attended the first meetings of the Recovery Learning Communities at Northern Lakes CMH! If you missed your community’s first meeting, come to the next one – […]
This week, Recovery Learning Communities kick off for Northern Lakes CMH. Anyone who has an interest in learning about recovery for adults with mental illness is invited to join in the discussions. We will come together to study recovery in detail, with a goal of helping Northern Lakes and its Recovery Council to achieve a […]
I feel my problems started when I was quite young, at 8 or 9 years of age. I felt pushed out of the way, the black sheep of the family. I was the one who always got the hand me-downs and was always told that I could never do things good enough. I felt low […]
I don’t remember just when it was that I found out I had a mental health problem, but I know at first I thought it meant I was nuts. I worried that I might leave the house one day and just forget to return or that I would start to walk around and act scary […]
I thought the world was my oyster. My husband of almost forty years and I were living the American Dream: new boats, airplanes, cars, motorcycles, three beautiful homes, two successful businesses, a successful son who traveled with us to many exotic places. I thought this great living would never end!! But a series of events […]
I am in recovery as far as mental health. In my life I have learned that sometimes outward stress, combined with inward stress, can break an individual mentally. This happened in my life, starting in 1978. I have learned that sometimes one needs to slow down their thinking by taking a tranquilizer. In the world, […]
After President Nixon resigned, he was saying good-bye to his White House staff. He told them that you cannot know how majestic the mountains are until you know how deep the valleys are. that’s how I feel about mental illness. When did my journey begin? Did it start when I was a child? Did it […]
I was in a horrific car accident with my boyfriend at the age of seventeen. We had all been drinking. I ended up with broken pelvic bones and a closed head injury. It took 15 weeks before I was healed and out of the hospital. It was months before I could ride with other people […]
As far back as I remember, I’ve had paralyzing anxiety. In 6th grade, I began to have blackouts and crying tantrums that I couldn’t control. Even though my family was notified, my problems were not addressed. As I grew older I became more emotionally isolated. I believed that I was going insane and tried very […]
My name is Tina, and I would like to share my story of some things that happened in my life to bring me where I am today… It was a hot summer day and it also was my 8th birthday. I was in my new red shorts and a top to match. I was playing […]