my girfriend is bipolar 2 she is going to see her therapist today i need question to ask him on how i can help her? . i feel that most of the time its me that puts her into an episode i dont know what it is that im doing i try so hard to be there for her but some of the things she says to me hurts so bad that i get mad or depressed like ive failed her somehow she drinks everyday she drinks gin or vodka and she will destroy a 1. 75 ml bottle in a week which alot by my standards i might have 2 or 3 beers all weekend sometimes she says things like i dont want to keep living or she would be better off dead. help me!
first off right now the alcohol is the main issue and her bipolar can not be addressed until she free of its usage. ok i too suffer from depression and manic episodes. did the alcohol bring on the depression or did the depression bring on the alcoholism? i dont know but i do know that once i got into a 12 step recovery program that i was able to work on my issues and resume a semi-normal life. i would recommend you save your patience for waiting in a slow grocery checkout line and get on with your life her life might just need that "tough love" approach. i had to hit bottom to move on.