Recovery Stories: January-March 2001NEW YORK CITYVOICES
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Struggling With Mental Illness
By MILLIE NISS
"In 1992, a psychiatrist gave me a prescription for Lithium and told meI would have to start taking the pills immediately and keep taking them for the rest of my life"My Family and I
By ALAN LUNT
"I thought that psychosis was insight. I viewed illness as health. ... Psychosis told me that I was smart, good looking, outgoing, and everything that I thought I lacked."Focus on One's Life
By DAVID C. KAPLAN
"For the first time in my life, I found myself surrounded by people who suffered from mental illness. It was a liberating experience."My Misunderstood Illness
By JAMES J. CROOK
"All the time I was in the hospital I stayed away from the other patients. I felt if I even talked or associated with them, I would catch what they had."We Interrupt This Program for a Consumer's Voice
By WILLIAM D. GREENLEE
"I have never been so scared. I fell down on my knees, and I started hearing faint crowded noises, and they grew louder. And a screaming terrified voice came out of my mouth"
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