Thanks Dragonfly,

You are a success story. I respect the decision you made to go back on social security also. I must have been a hard decision. I don't know about anyone else here but living on social security is so depressing in itself because I can't afford to be independent. Since I have been on social security I have had to live with someone, always, because I can't afford to live on my own. Even living with someone my funds are so limited that I can rarely do something fun for myself to keep myself from getting depressed to much. I firmly believe in acting as if I am happy in order to get to that place. With my bipolar I am more depressed than manic.

I am studying business administration in college now. And the current position I took is a cashier at a liquor store because I live in such a small town that there are not my secretary jobs that I could start with to get my foot in the door. And the ones that are here require 1 year experience. I found getting any job after not working for about 8 years very difficult if not impossible.

Thank you for your post. Can I stay in contact with you for further support? I really need someone I can get to know and let get to know me. I think you can have contacts here. I am just not sure how. I would like to get the most out of this forum because I am finding less and less support from my family and friends because they think because I have come so far that I am well and I still struggle much more that they realize. I just don't let it show because of my firm belief that acting as if everything is normal is the key to my success.

I do know a little about the ticket to work program but I still have a lot of questions and a couple special circumstances that I am concerned with. How can I find your previous thread about it?