Jan 12, 2019 at 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Guiness187055
I too am a recovering alcoholic. AA was not for me either I only have three years sober but what I have found that works for me is. I realized I drank to self medicate and control my symptoms of bipolar. Once I new what was wrong with me and I got on medication my will to drink stopped. I sometimes still think of a drink but what I say to myself would I drink bleach? Alcohol for me would be like drinking bleach I would eventually end up dead.
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About halfway to 3 years (day 566) with almost the same story. i did drink for a few more months after getting properly mediated but it wasn't adjusted to have it really under control. Oddly enough, a bipolar incident helped me stop drinking. I had an episode of expansive hypomania and told a few people about my closet drinking including my primary and one of my kids. I thought it was justified and they would agree with me when I explained my reasoning. It didn't work out that way.
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|bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD
|lamictal, straterra
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