John O'Keefe hit rock bottom in 2000, diagnosed with Schizophrenia and had completely lost hope. 15 years later, John has two Master's Degrees including one in 2012 in Social Work. His fight to reintegrate into society wasn't easy, but now John is ready to teach those diagnosed with a mental illness how to avoid the mistakes he made in recovery and how to advocate for mental illness rights. With John's 20 tips to recovery, he will share what to do and what not to do in recovery from your mental illness. This book is for you if you have been diagnosed with a mental illness, know someone who has been diagnosed and if you are just curious what it is like for someone to reintegrate into society after diagnosis. So, come on this journey with John- there will be moments of heartache, moments of joy, moments of repair, moments of redefinition, moments of hope and moments of self revelation...