Thank you, I enjoy the conversation. Its been helpful.

My therapist is trying to get me to not react, to slow down, to ask questions when people start insulting me, to pause when agitated, which is a basic recovery principle, however since I'm not a real alcoholic I need to hear it from a therapist for it to stick. I'll let you know if this week goes better then last week. She told me to cut down on my internet chats and to slow down on my response time on internet forums, as well as to phone calls, text messages, etc. She says I have no idea if the person I am interacting with is in an unmedicated hypomanic state. She's right. I never thought about that before.
We will see if I get told I'm dominating this week (or some other insult), which will give me an opportunity to ask that person why they say that.