Diagnosed with mental illness long after he had become addicted to drugs and been in trouble with the law, J.J. Wesley, with help from social services and mental health recovery agencies, turned his life around.  He has been drug and alcohol free for eight years, lives independently and works part time at Safeway and Channel Marker, one of the mental health recovery groups instrumental in his recovery.  

"Voices in the Wind" tells the story of his battle with mental illness, the "voices" that told him what to do from the age of 12, the discrimination he suffered as the only African American child in his school, his denial that he was ill and needed help and the people who helped him make a new beginning.  A story of courage overcoming adversity.