A brief overview of bipolar disorders for addictions counsellors
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“Compared to bipolar's magic, reality seems a
raw deal. It's not just the boredom that makes recovery so difficult, it's the slow
dawning pain that comes with sanity - the realization of illnesss, the
humiliating scenes, the blown money and friendships and confidence. Depression
seems almost inevitable. The pendulum swings back from transcendence in shards,
a bloody, dangerous mess. Crazy high is better than crazy low. So we gamble,
dump the pills, and stick it to the control freaks and doctors. They don't
understand, we say. They just don't get it. They'll never be artists.”
-David Lovelace, Scattershot: My Bipolar Family