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From YouTube: Celebrate Recovery 2018
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The Behavioral Healthcare Division, Arlington County and Arlington Peers Helping Peers in Recovery present Arlington's Celebrate Recovery event at the Shirlington Busboys & Poets, recorded Sept. 26 2018.
National Recovery Month (Recovery Month) is a national observance held every September to educate Americans that substance use treatment and mental health services can enable those with a mental and/or substance use disorder to live a healthy and rewarding life. Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery, just as we celebrate health improvements made by those who are managing other health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. The observance reinforces the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people can and do recover.
This year’s National Recovery Month theme highlights the value of investing in home health, purpose, and community and invites individuals in recovery to share their personal stories and successes in order to encourage others. It aims to in-crease awareness and foster public understanding and acceptance of the benefits of prevention, treatment and recovery from behavioral health conditions.
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A
B
Good
evening
my
name
is
Elizabeth
shook
Talley
and
I
am
the
wellness
and
recovery
manager
at
the
Behavioral,
Health
Care
division
and
on
behalf
of
the
behavioral
health
care
division
and
the
Department
of
Human
Services,
along
with
peers,
helping
peers
in
recovery.
I
would
like
to
welcome
you
all
to
this
very
special
program
as
we
celebrate
national
recovery
month.
Thank
you
all.
Thank
you.
C
C
My
favorite
event
of
the
year,
because
this
is
a
time
where
I
feel
like
we're
a
community.
We
come
away
from
the
offices,
come
away
from
the
the
formal
sections
and
gather
together
and
we
enjoy
each
other's
company
break
bread.
And
then
we
hear
some
wonderful,
inspiring
stories
about
life
and
the
journeys
that
different
individuals
have
taken
with
the
ups
and
downs
and
the
beauty
of
those
experiences
really
comes
out
and
it's
very
inspiring
and
uplifting
and
and
humbling
that
people
are
willing
to
share
that
part
of
themselves
with
us.
C
C
And
I
also
just
want
to
recognize
Elizabeth
stroke,
who
is
the
recovery
specialist,
the
recovery
manager
for
our
Department
of
Human
Services
she's,
an
incredible
woman
with
an
incredible
story
herself,
who
is
like
a
beacon
of
light
for
all
of
us
and
constantly
inspires
us
with
hope
for
a
better
life.
So
thank
you.
Elizabeth.
C
C
Just
want
to
say,
Katie
crystal
is
another
incredibly
inspiring
person
and
acai
if
I'm
having
to
have
big
shoulders
and
bear
the
burden
of
making
very
difficult
decisions.
She
accompanies
us
in
these
times
of
celebration
and
in
times
of
be
by
our
side
when
we
have
a
lot
of
important
and
meaningful
things
to
do
in
this
community
and
I
really
appreciate
it.
So
thank
you.
Katie.
E
Thank
you
and
yeah,
and
thank
you
lose
Beth
for
including
me
in
the
evening.
Thank
you
to
all
of
you.
Actually,
it's
such
an
honor
to
be
here
and
I
should
say
on
behalf
of
all
of
my
colleagues
on
the
county
board.
It's
an
honor
for
all
of
us.
This
fella
bring
national
recovery
month
and
celebrate
you
all
and
your
accomplishments.
In
this
room.
You
know
we
represent
the
many
millions
of
Americans
whose
lives
have
been
changed
and
transformed
by
recovery
and
too
often
those
stories
they
go
unnoticed
by
the
broader
public,
but
recovery
month.
E
National
recovery
month
provides
an
opportunity
to
celebrate
these
accomplishments.
The
highlight
the
inspiring
stories
of
people
who
come
from
all
walks
of
life
whose
lives
have
been
touched
along
the
path
to
hope
and
health
and
recovery
and
Arlington
national
recovery
month
event
this.
At
this
event,
the
opportunity
to
gather
here
at
Busboys
is
important
because
it
increases
awareness
which
is
really
a
paramount
importance
in
our
community.
E
For
all
of
us
to
be
cognizant
and
aware
not
only
of
ways
the
mental
and
behavioral
health
needs
touch
our
loved
ones
in
our
community,
but
of
the
many
services
available
to
survivors
of
these
challenges,
as
they
continue
on
their
journey
to
recovery.
This
is
a
priority.
Recovery
is
the
goal
for
individuals.
It's
a
priority
for
us
as
a
community,
a
way
of
investing
our
resources
and
supporting
one
another
on
these
journeys
that
be
represented
tonight,
and
particularly
through
the
stories
and
talents
of
individuals
in
recovery.
E
I'm,
really
looking
forward
to
hearing
them
and
really
just
want
to
recognize,
as
others
have,
the
bravery
of
those
individuals.
So
thank
you
all
for
coming
out
tonight
and
I
do
want
to
take
a
moment
and
really
think
and
make
sure
actually
ask
you
all
to
join
me
at
the
round
of
applause
for
the
Arlington
Department
of
Human,
Services,
behavioral,
health
care
division
and
the
staff
over
here.
E
B
Thank
you
this
principal
for
being
here
with
us
and
for
representing
the
the
county
board
and
Anita.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
kind
words
and
all
of
your
support
with
our
our
clients,
our
our
staff
and
just
recovery
in
general,
so
the
Behavioral
Health
Care
division
at
Arlington
County
provides
comprehensive
mental
health
and
substance
use
services
to
adult
residents
of
Arlington
County,
including
case
management,
therapy,
emergency
and
psychiatric
services,
and
much
more,
please
see
the
back
of
your
program
to
access
our
services,
and
there
are
some
brochures
on
the
table.
B
Now,
as
you
came
in,
you
may
have
been
greeted
by
some
of
the
staff
from
one
of
our
contractors,
who
is
our
partnering
partnering
organization
for
this
program,
which
is
Arlington's
peer-run
recovery
center
Arlington
peers,
helping
peers
in
recovery
is
a
safe
stigma,
free
place
for
those
experiencing
mental
substances
and
homelessness.
The
center
is
run
by
peers
or
people
who
have
lived
experience
with
mental
health
or
substance
use
disorders.
The
Center
helps
people
overcome
challenges
in
a
welcoming
and
supportive
environment
that
emphasizes
recovery.
B
This
service
complements
the
services
that
the
behavioral
health
care
division
provides
and
there's
also
more
information
on
the
back
table
about
their
program.
So
when
we
speak
about
recovery
in
terms
of
mental
health
and
substance
use,
we
hear
different
meanings
and
I
often
hear
that
it's
not
entirely
clear.
What
we
do
know
is
that
recovery
is
different
for
everyone,
as
we
are
all
on
our
own
journey.
We
also
know
it's
not
a
linear
process,
so
the
definition
that
is
widely
accepted
by
the
substance,
abuse
and
mental
health
services,
administration
or
Samsa
states.
B
That
recovery
is
a
process
of
change
through
which
individuals
improve
their
health
and
wellness
live
a
self-directed
life
and
strive
to
reach
their
full
potential.
You
know,
I
think
that
reaching
our
full
potential
is
really
what
many
of
us
are
striving
for.
Those
of
us
who
deal
with
mental
health
and
substance
use
issues
are
no
different
from
those
without
in
terms
of
what
we
want
out
of
life.
B
Each
year,
recovery
month
invites
individuals
in
recovery
to
share
their
personal
stories
and
successes
in
order
to
encourage
others.
This
can
help
break
down
the
barriers
that
have
led
to
so
much
stigma
and
discrimination
for
too
many
years.
Tonight
is
an
attempt
to
diminish
this
and
to
see
people
as
the
individual
individuals
they
are
and
not
their
diagnoses
in
order
to
help
better
understand
recovery.
Tonight
we're
going
to
start
with
a
short
film
titled.
This
is
recovery.
B
The
film
was
produced
by
our
regional
recovery
group,
which
is
part
of
the
Virginia
recovery
initiative
funded
by
the
state
or
which
is
Virginia's
Department
of
Behavioral
Health
and
Developmental.
Services
I've
had
the
privilege
to
be
able
to
be
a
part
of
the
team
that
produced
this
film,
so
tonight
is
actually
its
debut.
We
will
hear
from
a
psychiatrist
who
shares
what
the
old
recovery
model
was
and
what
the
new
model
is
and
you'll
hear
from
five
individuals
from
Northern
Virginia,
including
one
from
Arlington.
B
Then,
following
our
film,
we
will
get
to
the
highlight
of
our
event,
which
is
hearing
from
our
from
our
presenters
I
do
want
to
make
the
disclaimer
that
some
of
the
things
you
will
hear
this
evening
may
be
difficult
to
hear,
but
these
are
people's
stories
of
recovery
and
sharing.
The
truth
is
what
makes
it
so
important.
Thank
you.
D
So
when
we,
when
we
talk
about
recovery,
I
think
sometimes
the
best
way
to
start
is
to
compare
and
contrast
it
to
older
models
and
older
ways
of
thinking
about
about
these
issues,
and
when
we
think
about
what
preceded
a
more
recovery
based
way
of
thinking,
you
know
we
could
describe
that
that
particular
style
as
being
more
unidirectional.
It
was
more
about
the
doctor,
the
therapists,
giving
a
recommendation,
giving
a
suggestion,
and
then
the
person
would
be
expected
to
hopefully
follow
that
suggestion.
D
It
was
therefore
less
collaborative
and,
and
the
focus
primarily
was
on
symptom
control
and
symptom
management,
and
that
really
was
seen
as
I
think
the
the
main
priority.
The
recovery
model
really
expands
the
frame
so
now
we're
not
just
talking
about
a
person
and
his
or
her
symptoms.
Now
we're
talking
about
how
that
person
connects
to
other
people
and
how
that
person
connects
to
the
world
around
him
and
and
moving
beyond
symptoms.
D
What
I
describe
is
the
top
of
the
pyramid
in
the
recovery
model
is
really
what
I
call
functional
recovery,
which
has
a
lot
more
to
do
with
work
and
school
and
relationships.
And
what
can
you
do
to
really?
You
know
again
bring
a
lot
more
dimensions
to
your
life,
so
recovery
I
think
really
incorporates
more
of
the
idea
of
a
full
personhood,
rather
than
simply
somebody
who's
suffering
with
a
particular
set
of
symptoms
and
in
addition
to
that,
I
would
describe
it
as
a
lot
more
collaborative.
D
There
is
often
a
sense
people
have
explained
to
me
of
losing
sight
of
sort
of
who
they
are
what
they're
about,
and
in
that
sense,
the
establishment
of
the
reestablished
Nordo
or
the
or
the
recovery
or
redefinition
of
an
identity
can
be
very
important.
Sometimes
in
the
process
of
of
being
ill
that
can
get
lost,
I
knew.
H
I
F
D
J
I
G
K
I
would
always
see
people
walking
around
smiling
and
laughing
and
trillium
was
a
place
where
there
were
other
individuals
that
had
a
mental
illness
or
disability
and
I
began
to
want
what
they
they
had.
I
wanted
to
have
that
smile
I
wanted
to
have
that
little
bit
of
joy.
So
that's
why
I
found
my
hope.
D
You
know
the
idea
here
is
that
everybody
has
something
to
bring
to
the
table
and
whether
it's
a
talent,
a
strength
even
just
a
personal
quality.
These
are
the
things
that
become
extremely
important
in
recovery
because,
rather
than
a
sole
focus
on
what's
going
wrong,
there
also
is
a
real
effort
to
understand
what
is
going
right,
what
could
be
going
right
and
what
that
person's
qualities
are
that
we
could
perhaps
help
to
support
so
that
they
can
grow
in
the
directions
that
they
want
to
grow
in
I
decided.
F
H
G
K
J
I
G
D
In
order
to
recover
it's
helpful
for
somebody
to
be
connected
to
themselves
to
others
to
people
in
their
life
that
they
can
trust
who
are
supportive
to
them.
It
could
be
friends,
family
care
providers,
whoever
it
is
and
often
connectedness,
can
even
extend
and
and
transcend
personal
relationships
into
connecting
something
greater
than
oneself,
and
many
people
in
recovery
speak
of
that
as
well.
The
healthiest.
J
H
I
G
D
I
K
J
If
I
could
pass
on
one
thing
to
anybody
who
is
watching
this
video,
there
is
absolutely
hope
out
there
you
know
go
out
there
find
other
people
in
the
recovery
community
get
the
help
you
need.
You
know
don't
give
up
on
yourself,
don't
think
you
know
what
maybe
recovery
will
work
for
other
people,
but
it's
not
going
to
work
for
me.
B
We
have
some
really
amazing
people
here
who
are
courageous
enough
to
step
up
and
speak
out
about
recovery
in
regard
to
their
own
lived
experience
with
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
in
order
to
educate,
help
educate
the
community,
as
well
as
to
help
people
understand
that
we
can
and
do
recover.
So
to
start
off
this
evening.
Christine
gab
ster
is
gonna,
first
share
a
few
words
and
then
she's
gonna
perform
an
original
song
titled
a
common
ground
common
ground.
M
L
L
A
A
B
A
O
Depression
with
IEDs,
it's
a
pretty
young
drug
abuse
and
post-traumatic
stress
recovery
to
me
means
that
I
finally
learned
how
to
keep
these
problems
from
controlling
my
life
back
in
the
day
because
of
trauma
and
living
in
fear
and
despair.
Some
of
my
high
school
teachers
took
notice
and
they
tried
to
help
me
through
a
court
order.
My
mom
was
to
take
me
to
psychiatric
acquaintance,
but
she
chose
to
in
my
therapy
about
halfway
through
the
first
session
by
the
time
I
became
an
adult.
O
So
that
was
it
no
more
drugs
for
me.
Drug
abuse
made
my
life
so
much
worse.
That
I
ended
up
in
in
psychiatric
hospitals
on
and
off
for
a
lot
of
years.
Then
one
day,
my
therapist
you've
heard
me
to
Clarendon
clubhouse
a
day
treatment
program
at
Arlington,
County,
behavioral
health
care,
where
my
scenes
to
the
people
don't
seem
so
intense
to
me
anyway,
when
I
got
there.
This
lady
named
Becky
right
interviewed
me
after
introducing
herself,
she
asked
me
girlfriend.
Are
you
gonna?
O
Take
those
sunglasses
off
I
just
ignored
her,
because
I
didn't
even
want
to
be
there
and
I
didn't
take
my
shades
off,
but
she
just
kept
talking
and
talking
and
talking.
She
was
kind
of
loud
too,
which
was
good
because
it
helped
me
pay
attention
to
what
you're
saying.
Sometimes
she
was
funny
too.
You
helped
me
get.
You
know,
feel
comfortable
enough
to
get
through
the
interview
as
I
was
leaving.
I
thought
this
is.
O
O
Since
my
recovery
started,
I
take
better
care
of
myself.
I
have
my
own
apartment
again.
My
relationships
with
people
and
creeds
I'm
certain
and
I-
do
good
things
and
have
good
fun,
especially
when
I
hang
out
with
the
clarendon
social
club,
for
instance,
on
the
Clarendon
social
club
was
won
by
this
really
nice
lady
named
Robin
cold
Singh
is
my
last
name
but
hers
as
a
W.
O
We
sometimes
know
once
we
visited
a
nursing
home
and
I'll
put
our
handmade
Beauty
cards
and
we
play
bingo
and
we
just
chilled
out
with
the
senior
citizens
you
eat.
We
clip
museums
and
restaurants
and
shopping
malls.
We
pretend
to
play
at
the
John
F
Kennedy
Memorial
Center
for
the
Performing
Arts,
and
sometimes
when
we
attend
the
Nationals
baseball
games
as
well
as
arena
football
games
in
our
nation's
capital,
thanks
to
some
specific
weeks
in
classes
like
art,
therapy,
computer
training,
creative
writing
and
cooking
skills.
O
I
now
have
hobbies
that
I
can
really
get
into
so
now
when
I
get
home,
I
don't
have
much
time
to
stare
at
the
walls
or
sleep
I
have
stuff
to
do.
I
continue
to
have
minor
setbacks,
but
with
all
the
help
that
I
receive,
my
life
keeps
getting
better.
All
I
had
to
do
is
stop
believing
that
I
was
stuck
and
could
not
be
home
except
the
he'll.
Do
some
work
and
enjoy
recovery
is
not
as
hard
as
I
thought.
O
It
would
be,
and
sometimes
it's
even
funny,
I've
always
felt
that
I
was
supposed
to
be
a
real
person
and
now
I
feel
like
I've,
gotten
closer
to
being
who
I
otherwise
would
have
become,
and
now
idk
like
I'm
a
real
person.
Most
of
the
time,
thanks
to
people
who
like
to
help,
people
and
I
feel
so
grateful
that
now
I
want
to
give
that
and
I
will
more
and
more
I
feel
like
I'm
gonna,
be
okay,
after
all,
I
hope
everyone
thrills,
but
they
will
be
okay.
P
Good
evening,
everyone
about
five
years
ago,
I
was
in
the
worst
place
ever
in
my
life,
I
was
in
a
dark
place.
All
along
I
didn't
know
what
to
do.
I
kept
trying
to
get
out
of
that
dark
place
for
cutting.
It
eventually
led
me
into
trouble
with
the
police.
There
wasn't
until
then
and
I
began
to
get
help.
P
I
was
sent
to
the
Northern
Virginia
Mental
Health
Institute,
which
is
an
inpatient
hospital
there
I
found
out
I
was
struggling
with
schizophrenia
that
pretty
much
explained
why
I
was
I,
was
hearing
so
many
voices
inside
and
outside
of
my
even
with
the
treatment,
support
and
medication.
It
is
no
struggle
to
me
every
day.
Now,
five
years
later,
I
am
in
a
better
place.
I
have
a
very
good
support
system.
P
Q
R
R
R
B
M
Yeah
yeah
well,
this
I
wasn't
sure
my
journey
of
desperation
inside
when
I
was
going
up.
My
life
was
filled
with
panic
and
fear.
I
even
came
down
minute
that
I
woke
up
and
I
would
be
in
school.
You
know:
look
at
the
clock
didn't
hear
me
out
before
I
hit
that
home
and
I
live
like
that
20
years,
so
I
started
thinking
about
start
to
move
into
parts
and
I
love
typical
started
covered
here,
even
though
they
were
anyone.
M
Some
instances,
those
inside
this
real
layer
without
them
so
in
coping
well,
come
on
32
and
come
up
with
a
hospital
with
the
left
side
of
my
body
paralyzed,
oh
I
was
the
prayer,
I
was
oppressed
and
my
rivals
in
this
way,
I'm
setting
us
with
their
mass
and
I,
have
to
fight
to
learn
how
to
walk
again.
I
can
learn
her
right
again,
but
begin
all
over
again
and.
M
M
But
significant,
let
me
go
I
went
inside
war
was
likely
that
I
want
to
live
and
now
doctor
for
long
journey,
because
even
talking
to
about
the
doctor
anyway,
doctor
because
I
don't
have
talked
to
me
at
a
living
in
it.
So
what
so
bad
they
go
in
to
take
treatment
and
then
to
step
off
clubhouse
work.
You
can
go
home
so
I
have
to
that
program.
M
So
I
it's
written
in
touch
that
they
would
join
me
in
teaching
me
I
went
to
the
library.
Oh,
it's
a
book
scores
and
I
read
some
books,
oh
I
think
examine
ours
and
I
learned
about
spirituality
and
I
were
trying
books
about
books
that
teach
my
life
because
my
lungs
of
mass,
it
was
really
bad
and
I
want
to
become
a
better
person.
Oh
those
groups
support
time.
She's
actually
choose
you
know
so
myself.
M
M
And
that's
just
completely
to
help
me
and
do
this
time.
I
also
never
go
to
rehab,
but
linking
and
run
a
ministry
I
was
just
sitting
paribus
entire
nothin.
It
was
his.
What
is
that
color
after
some
time,
I
began
to
feel
much
better
and
I
need
not
to
make
God
first
thing
in
my
life,
the
most
important
thing
or
not,
I
started
to
go
to
church,
the
woman
rich.
M
They
cannot
get
my
door
and
I
open
the
door
and
there
this
one's
to
scripture,
it's
a
short,
come
on
in
and
I'm
sorry
going
to
church
with
them
and
the
people
were
buried
there.
There
were
super
lights,
dim
I,
like
them
all
and
I
started
learning
with
them,
and
all
that,
oh,
so
it's
okay,
we've
got
first
I
started
to
come
to
the
classes,
women
about
God
and
down
in
whatever
you
might
dismayed
that
my
number
one
thing:
that's
where
it
changed
you
me.
So
it's
like
what
self
and
I
started
on
many
people.
M
Clubhouse
and
enough
there's
a
motivation
for
someone.
This
person
there
and
its
staff
well
I'd
Romeo's,
not
cuts
and
I
want
to
meet
the
computer,
so
I
asked
if
I
can
use
it
and
they
see
get
a
good
experience
to
ask.
They
said
the
only
way
you
can
use
the
computer.
If
you
remember
so,
I
went
there
is
to
give
marriage
borrow
and
once
I
walked
in
that
door.
Oh
so
shop
because
the
establish
your
lives
Oh,
everybody
came
opportunities
themselves
and
experience
for
me
and
now
I
see
God
working
in
my
life.
M
He
praises
people
in
my
path
that
in
helpful
thing
that
I
learned
something
from
and
on-
and
you
don't
know
the
journey-
it's
been
long
and
painful.
Today,
I
can
look
back
with
pride
and
satisfaction,
I,
don't
my
topless
with
one
more
standing
person,
I'm,
more
compassionate
or
goodness,
learn
yeah
I
think
my
experience
has
taught
me
to
be
there
to
people.
You
know
to
try
the
solution
of
get
stuck
in
the
problem
or
or
just
Dom,
but
they
do
something
Unitas.
M
It's
gone
the
ways
comparing
this
to
love
down
within
your
heart
zone
and
set
one
is
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself
so
I.
Just
like
I
love,
you
know
Carol
people
all
that
they
are
completed
our
peer
specialist
training
in
the
moment,
a
long-running
Michael
I
hope,
became
help
meeting
other
people
in
your
future.
Here,
no
only
we
a
prayer
which
is
some
sit,
brothers,
prayer
and
it's
a
sword,
make
meanest
middle
of
your
piece
with
the
receipt
Trinity.
So
long,
when
was
injury,
pardon
wouldn't
doubt
faith.
Whether
severe
hope
will
start.
M
S
The
early
sighs
for
me
was
when
I
started
grammar
school
in
Washington
DC
in
1969,
where
there
wasn't
any
special
education
classes
and
I
was
kept
back
once
in
the
first
and
once
what
then
I
was
kept
back
once
in
the
first
grade,
and
once
in
the
second
grade,
I
was
slow
and
and
getting
my
work
done.
I
was
slowly
and
understanding
and
grasping
things
I
had
difficulty
in
concentrating
and
paying
attention.
It
was
until
1977
when
we
moved
to
Virginia
where
the
schools
here
you
do,
have
special
education
classes.
S
I
moved
from
where
I
was
to
where
I
am
now
through
medications,
through
medications,
therapy
and
most
of
all,
prayers.
I
learned
not
to
let
myself
get
distracted
so
easily
by
using
coping
skills
such
which,
which
helps
me,
which
helps
me
to
manage
the
things
around
me.
Others,
like
my
mom
and
my
pastor,
taught
me
the
importance
of
having
a
spiritual
connection
with
five
two
two
having
I'm
sorry,
let's
finish
connection
with
God,
where
I'm,
where
I
am
today
I'm,
sorry
to
get
where
I
am
today.
I
overcame
self-esteem
issues.
S
S
My
stretching
skills
that
I
have
developed
are
strong
coping
skills
such
as
I,
go
to
my
classes.
I
take
more
interesting
things
I,
like
puzzles,
like
puzzles,
games,
DVDs
and
I'm
learning
how
to
express
myself
through
art,
I'm,
doing
more
cooking
and
can't
find
my
way
around
the
Metro
extremely
well
and
I
learned
to
you
some
relaxation
techniques,
the
things
I
do
to
keep
myself
on
the
right
path
is
I,
always
make
sure
that
I
take
my
medications
as
prescribed
and
keep
my
schedule
appointments
with
my
psychiatrist.
S
S
That
made
me
strong
and
time
now,
I
see
the
world
God's
creation
as
a
different
place,
where
everything
is
beautiful
to
me
and
my
heart
is
filled
with
love
and
love,
peace
and
happiness
by
his
sweet
and
loving
grace,
because
beauty
is
in
the
eye
of
the
beholder
and
I
am
so
blessed.
With
this
in
mind,
our
being
success,
I
will
reach
my
potential
and
fulfill
my
goals
as
I
dream,
the
impossible
with
a
destiny
that
far
I
will
continue
to
reach
for
that
star
and
that
star
is
Jesus.
T
T
T
T
T
U
Named
Kayla
crystal
people
have
an
idea
of
what
mental
illness
looks
like
I
want
people
to
open
their
eyes
mental
illness
effects.
Even
the
happiest
of
people,
including
me,
I,
come
off
as
pleasant
and
funny
and
confident.
However,
mental
health
does
not
discriminate
against
class
gender
age
or
race.
I
grew
up
with
an
extremely
loving
supportive
family,
I
studied
music
at
Creative
and
Performing
Arts
from
age
11
enjoy
I
graduated
high
school.
My
future
looks
bright,
but
just
like
any
other
organ
in
the
body
there
can
be
in
the
malleus.
U
During
my
ailments,
I
lost
the
passion
for
not
only
music
but
for
life.
It
has
now
been
two
years
since
my
second
admittance
to
the
hospital
due
to
anxiety,
depression,
post-traumatic
stress
disorder,
panic
attacks,
silcon
and
suicidal
ideation.
It
has
now
been
a
year
since
I
was
moved
into
my
family
home
to
begin
my
recovery
treatment
with
Nami
and
the
excellent
Department
of
Human
Services
I
lived
a
little
bit
pure
specialist
therapist,
a
housing
specialist
job
specialists
and
the
psychiatrist
I
mean
just
vessel.
14
I
wouldn't
be
here
without
you
guys.
U
U
I
wanna
fly
beyond
the
sky
higher
than
where
there
please
God
I
wanna
sail
the
seven
seas
and
maybe
visits
all
the
countries
and
all
want
you
to
come
alone
like
this
bed
alone,
and
we
might
make
a
very
good
team
and
we
can
reach
our
every
dream,
but
you
always
got
something
sad
to
talk
about
always
walking
with
a
heart
full
of
throne.
You
don't
seem
to
see
all
of
the
possibilities
and
I
want
to
make
you
happy.
I
want
you
to
be
free,
but
there
always
seems
to
be
forces
of
gravity.
U
U
V
V
B
Okay,
well,
thank
you
so
much
Kayla.
Thank
you!
Everyone
for
coming
out
this
evening.
Thank
you
to
all
of
our
presenters
and
I
really
hope
that
you've
been
inspired
this
evening
seen
some
great
examples
of
recovery.
It
lots
of
talent
and
lots
of
great
stories
and,
on
your
way
out,
please
be
sure
to
pick
up
an
inspirational
stone
as
a
reminder
of
the
courageous
people
you
heard
this
evening
and
the
inspiration
of
hoped
for
recovery.
Thank
you.