I think people with Bipolar are alot like people addicted to drugs or alcohol..

People who use drugs or drink enjoy the high , right? So its makes it really hard to want to quit, same as Bipolar folks chasing Hypo/Mania we want it because it just feels good, we feel anything is possible..... but as with drugs or drinking our life will catch fire and end in a smoldering ruins that we have to try and make amends and get back on our feet... So we have to change the way we think about life and finding enjoyment.

I personally don't use the word happy.... I prefer to think of finding a place of being content, do I miss Hypo? Yes !!! who wouldn't. But I have a responsibility to family and friends to be the best me as possible and I owe it to myself to not tear apart my life.