How do you find a nearby support group to go to for bipolar? I know they have them in Houston and near the NASA area, but one in my local area, one that doesn't take longer than 20 minutes or so to drive to? I've thought about going to something like that, give it a try. It might or might not work, but I can't afford therapy, so it's worth a shot.

When I was in college though, I went to an eating disorder support group, and that wasn't good for me because it turned me competitive with all the other people there. Numbers weren't allowed, but of course, people talked them after the meeting. It was all very triggering. Even if Mary said something like, "I saw you at the gym today", I would start to wonder how long Mary had exercised, what she'd had to eat, and worry I hadn't done enough. I just had to stop going to it.

I would hope a BP group wouldn't turn me competitive, but who knows? I could go and desire to be the one most needing hospitalization.