We are the strangers you meet

We are your friends

We are your family members

Be Honest – Hide Nothing - Be Unonymous

We are the human condition

Mental health and substance use issues are normal

Break the stigmas

You are not alone

Welcome to

The social revolution redefining normal – where you’re allowed to be a human.

We believe that through open conversation and education, understanding will

open the doors to acceptance.

We are not anonymous – we are Unonymous.

Unonymous is a 501(c)3 non-profit founded to destigmatize

and normalize mental health and substance use issues.

Core Beliefs

1 in 5

Adults in America

experience a mental illness.

Mental Health

IN THE USA

1 in 7

Americans will develop a substance use disorder in their lifetime.

WE ARE NORMAL

BREAK THE STIGMAS

PUBLIC

STIGMA

The general population endorses the stereotypes of mental illness and acts in a discriminatory manner.

SELF

STIGMA

A person with mental health issues internalizes the prejudice and discrimination that results from public stigma

STRUCTURAL

STIGMA

Policies that intentionally restrict or create unintended consequences for people with mental health issues.

Adapted from:
The Stigma of Mental Illness, PW Corrigan and AB Bink

Founders Note

Jon Sommers

ICD 10:

F10.180 alcohol abuse with alcohol-induced anxiety disorder

F10.21 history of alcoholism

F10.239 alcohol dependence with withdrawal, unspecified

F33.1 major depressive disorder, recurrent, moderate

F39 mood disorder

F43 acute stress reaction

F43.9 reaction to stress, unspecified

Medications:

Lamotrigine 150mg

Bupropion 300mg

Lithium 450mg

These are some of my diagnosis. But that is not ME. I could be defined by my diagnoses, but I’m not. I am who I am when I am. Human life is an infinite set of infinite possibilities, and I am just one of those possibilities. So are you. We are normal unto ourselves.

I generally do not like people – but I love people in Recovery. Why? Because we are the honest ones who admit we have an issue and are working with others like us to better ourselves. Are you?

Our focus is not on how we got here – but where we are going. These issues exist. Period. They must be addressed – not condemned. In order to address them, we have to have an open and honest conversation – without masks. We have to be honest about our own choices and our own shortcomings. We have to realize that we are all equally fallible and equally human.

Full disclosure brings a catharsis. This is why I founded Unonymous. I am not ashamed of who I am. You don’t have to be either.

Be Unonymous.

WHAT IS UNONYMOUS