The first meeting will be held on September 13 at 6 p.m. at the North Huntsville Library.
Why do we want another book club? Aren’t there enough out there now? Karen Petersen, WellStone’s Director of Development, says we need to raise awareness about mental health issues and deal with the stigma people still feel when they ask for help. Even though 1 in 3 people will deal with a mental health issue in his or her lifetime, we still think it won’t be us, Petersen says.
She should know. Now sober for 20 years, Peterson struggled with anxiety, ADHD, and alcoholism. She knows how the “life jacket” that alcohol offers is only temporary, and when a person’s drinking gets out of control, the message is clearly to stop. But she didn’t until she finally went to a treatment center to get the help she needed at an out-of-state facility.
Petersen says that mental health treatment has been hiding in the shadows of the heath care system for a very long time. We have physical checkups once a year, but we don’t have mental health check ups. We don’t get blood work. Scans and X-rays don’t reveal what we try to cover up. In his book, he lists all the things he now enjoys that depression took from him. He thought he’d never again delight in vanilla fudge; warm popcorn; The Beach Boys; his children’s silly jokes. He writes that recovery is different for everybody, but it is possible. He’s living proof.
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