A lot of great answers here. I took the path Kindness describes and also found my way into acceptance of my alcoholism along with mental illness. Way to go everybody who has found acceptance. It is far from easy.

I've found a place where if I get anxious it sucks, but I see it with a sense of humor. Even depression which is not full blown I can take it with a joke or two.

I am a person with a mental illness. I cannot change it. When I'm symptomatic I cannot change it. But it can be funny. "here we go again weeeeee..." , "not again, oh man, really??" "whhhhy... whhhhhyy???".

it's kind of a morbid funny. a laugh in pain, but a laugh. An approach or somethin.