HUGS!!! BIG ONES!!! I just left a message on your post in the addictions section. Good for you for taking measures to keep from drinking! I view my alcoholism & "bipolarism" as being two separate issues. There may have been a time LONG AGO, before diagnosis when I drank to self-medicate, but I ran out of excuses when I was treated for bipolar. I never drank every day, or necessarily every week, but when I did drink I drank to excess (blackout city).

I don't know what the stats are as far as the correlation between bipolar & alcohol abuse, but if anyone has those stats I'd be very curious to see if there's a relationship.

Again, good on ya for staying away from the booze today! I know it's not always easy.