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Old Jan 28, 2018, 01:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bizi View Post
According to statistics presented by the
American Journal of Managed Care:
About 56 percent of individuals with bipolar
who participated in a national study had
experienced drug or alcohol addiction
during their lifetime.
Approximately 46 percent of that group
had abused alcohol or were addicted to alcohol.
Wow! Scary statistics! I can't say that I am surprised. It seems being bipolar and some sort of addiction go hand in hand unfortunately. Well, for those I have known anyway, and of course, in my case.

On the alcohol front, I still have my bottle of whiskey, still unfinished. The good news? Since I haven't been completely denying myself, and have had a few sips/shots, here and there over the past month, I have managed to stay balanced without ovedoing it. It's interesting that the temptation isn't there even though the bottle is right in my room with me.

I am not completely recovered though. Like I said I still take sips/shots, but defintiely to the excess to what I have done in my past. I don't even think I will even need to buy another bottle anytime soon, I am going to make this one stretch for as long as I can.
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