Caution

[PBA]

Just offering a word of caution. Before being diagnosed Bi-Polar I found having a drink pulled me out of a low mood. I also found having too many drinks made me manic. Then I found out my body doesn't process alcohol like normal people's bodies and that I had alcoholism. That meant I couldn't drink. I was given meds after being diagnosed Bi-Polar and told not to drink anything while taking these meds. I know this isn't news to most who are already diagnosed with Bi-Polar, but if you're having Bi-Polar episodes and you do drink, you might want to look at your drinking too. Being sober in AA has helped me a lot with my Bi-Polar and life in general. I'm not suggesting everyone shouldn't drink. If it causes any problems for you, then it could eliminate many painful experiences in your life to quit. I had to have God and AA to make that possible for me. I take my Bi-Polar meds also.
God bless all.

 

[Loven God]

That is great that you know what you need to do to be healthy . I am not a drinker and it scars me to drink with taking meds.

 

[Ludicrus]

Yeah, drinking and bipolar don't mix. I used to drink to medicate myself. The doc told me that alcohol saved my life. It wasn't until I got into AA that I actually sought therapy.

Been sober 22 years and am not on meds. Take fish oil and vitamin B and it works.

 

[Loven God]

Ludicrous, that is great 22 years is something to be proud of .

 

[Ludicrus]

Ludicrous, that is great 22 years is something to be proud of .

I'm proud of God. He kept His promises to me.

I stepped out in faith and He showed me that I could trust Him. So, I latched onto Him and His Word and hung on for dear life and He pulled me through.

Even the doctors thought I was a hopeless basket case, much less those poor people that had to put up with me for all of those years until I got it, LOL! Most of the women were afraid of me I was so full of anger and rage.

My sponsor, a retired social worker from NY, tried to find me a female sponsor. He dragged women in from all over the district to meet with me and you know what each and every one of those "long-term, quality sobriety women" said to me?

"I'm sorry honey, you're just too sick for me to deal with."

I went home in tears and cried my heart out to God and He never failed me. He never left me alone. He never gave up on me and neither did that retired Social Worker. Andy raised me. Got me through the panic attacks, taught me the process of working through fear, taught me how to make decisions based upon the worst case scenario, taught me to stand up for myself when they wanted to throw me out of the East Side Club because I'm a Christian who dared carry her Bible with her and witness to people when they asked questions in the back room.

Andy was an agnostic, but before he died, he got to see God at work in my life and He came to believe.

A lot of miracles there and I can't claim that I did anything but hold on tight and do what He put in front of me to do.

 

[Loven God]

God is good and true to his word . In our weakness He is our streangth .