Howdy. Booze now falls under the "obviously bad" category for my Bipolar. I've decided that anything under "obviously bad" I need to take an active role in addressing. For me that means giving up drinking. Anyone wanna join in solidarity? I'll miss the way it helps with my anxiety in social situations, but besides that, I know i'll be better off. 

I had a couple beers on Tues while working on my motorcycle and went hypomanic. It is something that I have experienced from substance use before, but never with alcohol. For me the red flags of hypo are, 0% tired late at night, skipping multiple meals, racing thoughts, bad ideas leading to risky behavior. This time around it was the bad idea of deciding to drive to the woods to camp overnight, leaving my house at 2:30 AM and making enough noise to accidentally wake up my roommates which I feel embarrassed and bad about.