Bobby,
Smoking cigarettes and drinking are both STRONG addictions to be sure!!!

But drinking large amounts of alcohol can be very mind altering. Many people with mental illness drink to self-medicate, and over time, it becomes harder and harder to stop. It is insidious tho. I know that I would drink to feel happier/more euphoric, and more comfortable socially, but I would also drink at other times to drown my problems in alcohol. Drinking would trigger and fuel episodes, and the bad decisions I was making during hypo/mania only got worse...

Over time, I just totally lost control. If I kept drinking, I know I would not be here. Sometimes I do miss it, but that's rare. I drank lots of things, but mostly beer. Occasionally, I will drink an O'Douls.


Bizi,

Sometimes when you drink, you just get in the mood to get on a roll like that, and end up drinking in large quantities. Sometimes I couldn't pin down a trigger. It was probably the hypomania... or maybe you were shifting to mania? What do you think/how do you feel?

Do you have enough Zyprexa to take, or are you going to call your pdoc?

I hope you have a good day to day...

Love you (((HUGS)))