Find people with similar interests, ask friends, approach people in your treatment programs, if you attend one. The more people you can find to help with the writing, the more interesting of a newsletter you can create. You can design your newsletter on a typewriter or computer, or you can design it by hand. People with a lot of technology, such as a scanner, can scan pictures into a computer and lay them out in a newsletter electronically. You can design a newsletter, by using whatever resources you have.
Copying is one of the biggest costs for a consumer-run newsletter.
If so, you can call to find out if they have a copier that you can use. If you are receiving services from a community mental health organization, find out about using a copier there. Mailing newsletters costs money, too. If you have just a little money for postage, you can send one packet of newsletters to mental health organizations and ask them to distribute copies of the newsletters to consumers there. This costs much less then mailing each piece individually.