Eric Smith discusses his personal experience with schizo-affective disorder and Assisted out patient treatment.  Eric is a graduate student studying social work and is a passionate advocate for people with SMI (serious mental illness).

Lynn Nanos, LICSW in her 11th year as a mobile psychiatric clinician in Massachusetts after graduating from Columbia University with a master of science in social work she worked as an in patient psychiatric social worker for approximately seven years.  I interviewed her about her book new BREAKDOWN a clinician's experience in a broken system of emergency psychiatry.  She detailed how the mental health system is broken and offered solutions.

My dear friend Kevin Boyer talks about his life and career.  He opens up about alcoholism and life after an Alzheimers diagnoses.

Film maker, rapper and former college football player Adam Abramowitz talks about his struggles with addiction and his journey in recovery.

My old friend Paul Wood sat down to talk about his journey in recovery.  Paul is a recovering heroin addict and he has bi polar disorder.  He talks about being in jail and manic and about coping with side effects of medication.

Elyn Saks is Associate Dean and Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences talks about being a professor with schizophrenia.

Ashley Smith is an Author and advocate she sat down to talk about her story of recovery from schizophrenia.

Gabriel opened up about dealing with heroin addiction, sexual abuse and his journey in recovery.

Michael shares his Experience dealing with addiction and being transgender.

Angela sat down to talk about being in love with someone in active addiction and having to cancel her wedding.