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.
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!