How My Bipolar Depression Showed Up in High School
I have suffered from depressions since I was 15 when I had my first collapse at a prep school (Phillips Exeter Academy) in New Hampshire. I didn’t know what was happening to me.
Drinking is not a problem until it begins to affect your relationship. Only you can determine if your alcohol romance is interfering with your partnership. The drinker must want to change, or not. The codependent non-drinker cannot wait around for the drinker to change. The people in relationships with drinkers, need to find their own comfort, their own strength if they choose to remain with the drinker or not.
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- DRINKING: Dancing with the Ghost of My Dead Father?
- Drinking Is Only An Issue When It Damages a Person or a Relationship
- If Drinking is An Issue In Your Relationship: Check-in w/ Yourself
- The Sober Person’s Perspective in a Drinking World
- Drinking Is Not the Problem: It’s the Emotional Exit that Wrecks Relationships
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What’s Underneath the Pain? My Anger Resistance Is Illuminating
I'm as happy as I've ever been. I'm still digging into and talking about my anger resistance. But everything seems to be moving in the right direction in my life. I'm putting in the work on myself. I'm striving for success rather than just survival.
Drinking Lessons
I just choose to stay conscious. I hope that I am facing my issues head-on rather than trying to escape from them or block them out. I have issues. But I'd rather face them sober.
Trying Again to Be 100% Positive
When I set out on this journey, three years ago, to build a 100% positive divorce parenting blog, well... I knew there would be challenges.
Going for Eleven! My Third Glass Story
The third glass for me ALWAYS sounds like a great idea. My brain and my heart want that extra boost. My spirit and mind knows that it's not such a great idea for me.
The Little Oblivion I Seek
If drinking is a little like Ambien, I do understand the draw towards daily drinking. It's not for me either, never has been, but daily Ambien, I could see how I might enjoy that if not for the side effects that it kills my hopeful attitude the next day and has me making promises my actually emotional state won't let me fulfill.
10 Things I’ve Learned In the 5 Years Since My Divorce
It's all about the kids. If you've still got a beef with your ex you need to get over it. There's no point. You might have disagreements about stuff, but those should be handled with the same intensity as a convenience store clerk.