I have found that alcohol triggers alot of my manic episodes, which can lasts for days, and also brings about huge depressive episodes in the right situations. Both the depression and mania can take on a physical and mental state that I can not control.

My question for any of you that find Alcohol to trigger your mania, is how do you personally overcome this? Some of the best feelings and times I have ever experienced have been around alcohol. Yet when the mania takes over I can't stop and will do just about anything.