The Apex.

I know what I have been through. I can talk about  surviving a suicide attempt, long & hard episodes in bipolar 1 disorder, dysfuction with everything in between and believing that a hard addiction to drugs and alcohol were supposed to claim my life or any life I had left to give. I have been hospitalized over and over. I have been medicated over the years from age 11 onward. I currently take 5 at the moment and so far they have been working better for me. I am newly married and work for a mental health organization in Chicago. I am a Recovery Support Specialist at a Drop in Center in the South. I recently got off SSDI or Social Security Disability. I was on SSDI for 13 years and it helped me find out who I was and also where I wanted go. I guess there are no accidents but sometimes hard lessons. I will talk more about this on camera as I can gather my thoughts. I love being a support to others even though sometimes I am just kind and I hope it makes a difference because we are all important and I knew this from the beginning. Life is important.

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