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Old Oct 22, 2018, 08:12 PM
Anonymous46341
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My brother visited me today. The main concern my siblings and I have is my dad. We all agree he needs to be in the hospital (dual diagnosis wing, preferably one for the elderly). Bro said "Dad probably has bipolar disorder". I was like "Well, Sis and I have known this for ages". We obviously didn't know as kids or young adults. We didn't know that a few of us had it. Total lack of insight when so many in a household have major issues.

Dad tells us he is "an alcoholic". Bro thinks he is. But I think he's bipolar self-medicating. That's what I was. How can a person who's only started drinking problematically at 70 years old be an alcoholic? Though his mental health has been in question off and on since he was 16?
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