I'm starting to question my DX. I was diagnosed 1.5 years ago after giving into drinking again after being sober. It landed me in jail and the hospital overnight 6 months before due to possibility of overdosing on it. I'll go along just fine, and whammo I make a terrible decision that I can drink and I become obsessed that it will different this time. I make totally bad decisions during it all as well. Before becoming an alcoholic I made impulsive decisions and was going to leave my DH for a long distance relationship. Yeah...bad idea and did not happen. I love my husband dearly. Here is my question. Do you have to ever be admitted IP to consider yourself Bipolar. Are there people out there like me. Maybe the low end of it. Thoughts?