Alan’s Recovery Story

Alan shares his story of recovery and highlights the importance of speaking openly about mental health. As well as describing his illness, Alan also shares the things that have helped him in his recovery and offers some advice for anyone going through something similar. Alan works as a peer support worker and is keen to share how his work has and continues to promote his own mental wellbeing.

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