Campaign Against Living Miserably. Are you male? Are you living miserably? Are you here because you feel you have a problem with one of the following issues (click here), or to simply get more information or advice?
Our website caters for men. Men of any age may find our website useful – research suggests that those that fall into the 15–35 year old age bracket are at risk of falling prey to suicide. Suicide is the biggest killer of men aged 15-34 in the UK averaging out at about 3 deaths a day. We want fewer deaths. We want to get the message out that Being silent isn’t being strong! It’s stronger to get help in hard times.
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Phoenix is the editor of this site and was diagnosed with bipolar twenty years ago. In between 7 periods of illness and hospitalisation she trained as a garden designer and was a awarded an RHS Diploma, gained a first class degree in Cultural Studies and a Certificate in Education that enables her to lecture in Recovery in Mental Health to psychiatric nurse students and mental health professionals at 3 universities.
Phoenix has not been in hospital now for 5 years which she attributes to embracing Wellness Recovery Action Planning and all aspects of Recovery. She also will be delivering WRAP sessions in local communities for the Health and Wellbeing project and eventually help train all the community mental health teams and nurses in practice. In the last year she has also become a stand-up comedian which she believes has been the final key to her own recovery. Laughter truly is the best medicine! 
