The purpose of this website is to offer community space for people to communicate with others about what has worked for them in the area of personal medicine for healing mental illness, for full recovery. Recovery is Possible!

The Light a Candle Project is focusing on how people who have been diagnosed with a mental illness are able to recover and lead full lives. This website is the dream and creation of Elizabeth Keller.*

Living with mental illness can be a darkness that engulfs you. Rather than curse it, light the candle of recovery to show you the way. There are many ways to get to recovery and many definitions of recovery. The Prosumer Program believes that there are three things that can promote recovery.

1. A belief that life can change for the better
2. Having access to resources
3. Doing something meaningful in your life

A Prosumer is what you do, not who you are!

A new term that I heard for the first time at the Alternatives 2007 Conference in St. Louis is "Personal Medicine".  Pat Deegan shared about personal medicine and how it is just as important as any other treatment that we get. Click on Pat Deegan's video below to hear an excerpt of her message.  Although I had not heard that term before, it is what I strongly believe and that is what the Prosumer Program is based on. This website is dedicated to helping consumers find their Personal Medicine. There are many forms, many ways of finding what works. Hopefully this website will give you ideas, new hope and motivation to continue powerfully on your road to recovery. Please consider sharing what works for you to help others. By helping others, you help yourself.

See an excerpt of Pat Deegan's Video Here

Recovery is Possible!!

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