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Watch/read as consumers tell stories of how the
ADMH has helped
lift their life's possibilities. Transcriptions are provided for now, however
closed captioning is coming soon! Want to share your story? Please contact the
Office of Public Information & Community Relations
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Jolene's Story:
When I was at work seven years ago, I started experiencing depression and hearing different voices in my head. I didn’t know what was going on. After a while of trying to deal with the feelings and the voices, I eventually overdosed – I just wanted it...
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Larry's Story:
I’d like to share a little bit of my story with you. I began
using drugs and alcohol at a very early age. I was really in situations where I felt
the need to fit in. This progressed over the years, also into criminal activity. I was
in and out of detention homes, youth centers, ended up in prison. I went to prison three
different times. In 1982 I was sentenced to life without parole...
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Sam's Story:
I started drinking alcohol when I was around fifteen. My drinking
progressed like most other alcoholics, pretty dramatically in a short period of time. I
began noticing that I’d start drinking and couldn’t stop. I continued drinking throughout
high school. Once I graduated, I not only graduated from high school, but from alcohol to
other drugs and experimenting with different...
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Tom's Story:
In April of 2006 I came to a juncture in my life, where
I couldn’t live without drugs and I couldn’t live with drugs any longer. I’m forty-nine
years old and I had progressed from twelve years old (the first time) experimenting with
marijuana, to opiates and alcohol, and into a full blown crack addict. And I was addicted
to various other drugs through the course...
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Allison's Story:
When I was a sophomore at
Auburn University, I started experiencing unbelievable
feelings of depression. I felt alone. I felt withdrawn. I felt that I could not explain
this to anyone. After attempting suicide, my parents reached out for me, and got the help
that I could not at the time get for myself. And after being released from the hospital
and diagnosed as...
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Jerry's Story:
I have a mental illness. The mental illness has taken a heavy toll
on my life. I worked as a lawyer for many years, and also as an engineer. And because of
my mental illness I am completely disabled and unable to do any work at all. This is very
disheartening. But I have learned to live with this illness. I have learned to adapt to it.
And that is the most important thing I...
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Anthony's Story:
In 1983, I was diagnosed with a nervous breakdown. I wrecked my car.
My girlfriend left me. And I lost my job. There was too much of stress at one time for me to
train or adapt to. But I have found out over the years... that mental illness can be diagnosed,
it can be doctored on, and you can recover [from] it. Through medication and doctor's advice you
can live...
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Sara's Story:
I was diagnosed with Bi-Polar illness. I was sent to a psychiatrist
and started therapy. And during that time, she taught me how to journal. And that has become
one of my saving graces, and I continue to write. I’ve published a book, one of my dreams
come true. I’ve been on several medications and we work together in finding the ones that are
right for me.
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Donetta's Story:
In September 2001, I was in Washington, D.C. working for the
Department of Defense. That didn’t work out too well for me.
I had a lot of post traumatic stress from that event that happened on
September 11th, 2001. I ended up having
a nervous breakdown. I found myself in
Bryce Hospital, state mental institution, where I stayed for
30 days. I...
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