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Originally Posted by Amelie10
Phoenix, I feel like I managed my BP with alcohol alone for years before my official diagnosis. When I was manic, I drank to settle down and take the edge off. When I was depressed I drank to make the day pass faster and help me pass out.
When I finally surrendered to the diagnosis and meds I was better, but alcohol was still a problem for me. In March of 2010 I quit drinking completely. I really believed that if I took my meds exactly as prescribed and stayed sober I would never have another crippling depression again. Sadly I was wrong.
Sometimes I miss alcohol, especially when I am depressed, but now I say that a "bad day sober is better than a good day drinking."
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I did exactly the same has you, but I wasn't so lucky the years of booze . left me hospitalised with pancreitis . I had major ops to repair bile track and had gall bladder removal, so you quite the drink just in time. I still drink a beer now and then but not in volume. I have better meds now than then. IM a lot fatter but sanity before vanity
