I'm a recovering alcoholic & I don't mind telling anyone if the situation warrants it. Bipolar, however? I can probably count on both hands the number of folks I've enlightened with that piece of news. It's no one's business & the stigma about it is still alive & well. The same might have been said of alcoholism thirty years ago, so perhaps in another thirty there won't be as much of a stigma attached to bipolar disorder...or any mental illness, for that matter.