Tomorrow will be four years since my last drink and I am SO grateful for that. I always tried to medicate my moods by drinking. When I was hypomanic, I loved to drink and party and have FUN (which led to a lot of destructive consequences).

When I was depressed I drank to make the time pass and to not feel those overwhelming sad feelings.

Alcoholism is a progressive disease and I could see my drinking getting worse.

I'm still BP, but I know my meds work better and my body is so much healthier since I am sober.

I still attend a 12-step recovery fellowship regularly. Recovery has helped me in all aspects of my life.

I hope you decide to really give it a try.