Chesterfield Recovery Solutions

Chester House is one of the many Mental Health resources available in Chesterfield County.  This is a place that offers its members everything from a safe place to go to helping promote a return to the work force if so desired.
 When I started attending Chester House my mental Illness had control of me, my thoughts were not too clear. It wasn’t until I started helping in the different units and receiving encouragement from staff that I could feel my life moving forward again.
I’ve been attending Chester House for four years and I’m glad I was given this opportunity.  I just want to say, do not give up on yourself, take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way, and remember you are not alone. We are right here with you.
Cindy Fowler

Mental Health Recovery works. But it only works if those of us who are further along in our recovery show up to help those who are just starting theirs. When I first began my journey, the last thing on my mind was recovery, I thought my illness was just going to be a new way of life for me. It wasn’t until I meet providers, who cared and believed in recovery and peers, who showed me that recovery was possible, that I began to see a ray of hope. These were the people that I looked up to. I now feel that it’s my responsibility to give back this gift. This is a call to action and a reminder that we are now becoming the role models to those who are just starting out. So come help us bring up the next generation by attending Recovery meetings. Another good thing about helping others is that we strengthen our own recovery in the process.

In my opinion,  ”Recovery” is not meant in the classic sense of the word–meaning “cured”–but is meant in the sense that people with mental illness are able to live meaningful, fulfilling lives out in the community, able to function without their mental illness impairing them on a daily basis. This is a state that is not easy to achieve, but one that is well worth striving for.

This blog is open to anyone who would like some support for any type of mental health condition. Please feel free to comment, reply, and use this space to support one another in your journey towards recovery. Share your current state of being that you might need help with, as well as your hopes, your dreams, and your vision for recovery.

Because recovery is possible

Don’t let time past you by! I believe it’s important to get involved in something, whether its support groups, or the Recovery Work groups. The benefits of being involved in your recovery make you not who you are, but who you can become. There are so many opportunities for us to grow with in the mental health system. Don’t let stigma take hold or anyone tell you, you can’t because you can!!

Recovery has come along way. I never thought I would hear the word “Recovery” used in the same sentence with “Mental Health.” Not for one minute did I think it would be possible for me to build a web site much less this blog, but someone gave me a chance. Recovery is all about opportunity that allows a person to be more than just an illness. This web site is based on Mental Health Recovery in Chesterfield County Virginia. The recovery web site was a collaborated effort through the support of the Recovery Work Groups that included staff and peers. Once a week I will be writing a new blog.