Bill Deavel is a night shift rehabilitation aid at the Butte Spirit House on the weekends. He graduated high school and took a year of college. Bill is a Certified Behavior Peer Support specialist and holds a license in the state of Montana. He has been working in the behavior health field for the past ten years. He has been part of re-establishing the Local Advisory Council in Butte. Bill has developed and facilitated training for peer support specialists to maintain their continuing education units. He develop a mentoring program for newly licensed peer support specialists. He has started a peer run business to address gaps of service in Butte Silver Bow and Missoula County. Bill has been in recovery for sixteen years and is part of Butte’s recovery community, he has lived experience with mental health and substance abuse challenges.