only adults I had contact with were within ‘services”. The long list of ‘helping’ professionals The long list of ‘helping’ professionals included psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, therapists, social workers, family workers and lawyers. My diary was full of appointments with them all. More recently, through co-production my social network has changed dramatically … I got involved with all sorts of people in different capacities through peer support training and groups, in policy and provision meetings and at the recovery college. I addressed the debts that were dragging me down with help from the CAB, I have become a parent Governor at my children’s school – an important achievement considering that throughout 2010 I was in the family court every fortnight where my ability to be a good enough mother to my children was being scrutinised. I no longer have a social worker, or a CPN – I have sole care of my children, I have friends and colleagues and an active role in my community.”