Well, as I said, it's *much* of the blame but not all. I started seeing her after I had quit and she put drinking and using on the back burner unless I feel a strong desire to start again. She thinks that having tools to help me manage my episodes better will likely make it much easier for me to resist any urges to drink or use. I have been moderately depressed at one of my sessions and hypomanic (enough for her to consider it a "crisis") at another, but I have never been drunk, high or concerned about urges when I have seen her. So I get why she thinks it isn't top priority.
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|Up and down
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|Pink Floyd - Us and Them
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|bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD
|lamictal, straterra
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