How does alcohol affect someone who is bipolar? My dad is on a manic high right now. He has gambled away almost every penny he and my mother had.

He spends days and nights at the casinos, even getting kicked out of two for being drunk. He is calling escort services (I know, his phone is on my account). He says "They are nice girls). My brothers say, "he just wants the company". Yet, he got a prescription for Viagra. Hmmm.

This is all breaking my mother down. How do you stop someone in a manic episode form doing hurtful and sometimes irreparable things?