I really recommend NAMI's Peer to Peer class both for meeting people and learning stuff, especially when this is new. I took it 10 years after diagnosis, I have a degree in psych and a master's in a related field and worked in mental health for years and I got stuff from the class. My therapist pretty much forced me to take it after a hospitalization for a suicide plan and I'm glad I did. I'd be more happy if there was NAMI around here but I live in the middle of nowhere so there aren't lots of things.