I actually just posted a new thread very similar to this one, but my question was about how long it has taken to accept having BP. I think when BP debuts later in life the whole acceptance-issue is different. Because the contrast to what one considered "normal" can be really big, since one has experienced living without any illness. When I came out of my year-long depression, I went into denial. Spent about four years in that state of mind...
That book sounds interesting by the way. Who wrote it? The statements you wrote down very interesting as well.