What I find here is love and purpose. Before the Clubhouse, I was ashamed of my diagnosis. Now, I understand that mental illness is what I have but it’s not who I am. The Clubhouse gives me a chance to be more than my disease.

I learned that I could really do anything that I wanted, and I had a lot of options. And part of the things that I like to do were skills that I had, and I didn’t know that

I’m not just an employee or a hard worker or a Flip the Script graduate... I’m a role model. My kids are watching me. I’ve got to show them what it looks like to do it right.