When I first became a peer support specialist, I learned about the term "lived experience." It gave me a way to utilize my own struggles and help others know they are not alone, they can improve, and we have more strength than we often realize. These are snapshots of my struggles and pain, hoping to be a lighthouse. I want to shatter the stigma and be vulnerable. I'm not the only one with a story or with a past. This little book is just my story- condensed.