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It took several years but Emily at long last made up her mind that she had it with her husband’s hazardous and excessive drinking. She was exhausted from seeing Barry come home after midnight from drinking instead of spending time with the family. She was also sick of the second DUI Barry recently got. In addition she was sick and tired of generating excuses for her spouse when he couldn’t make it to work due to his problems with drinking. In a similar manner she was nervous about the fact that their relationship was crumbling due to Barry’s hazardous drinking. And lastly she was sick and tired of the insecure financial quandary into which he had placed his family because of his unhealthy and abusive drinking behavior.

When Irresponsible Drinking Inspires a Person to do Something Productive About an Individual’s Problem Drinking

One Friday evening when Emily was reflecting on what she could do about her husband’s unhealthy and abusive drinking, she got to the point that she frankly had to do something constructive to cut into the damaging cycle of Barry’s hazardous drinking behavior.

So she looked online under “alcohol rehab” and discovered more than a few rehab clinics that were all located less than 45 miles away from where she and her husband lived.

Because she didn’t know much at all about these rehab facilities, she finally determined that she needed to call some of them and ask some pertinent questions. When she called each treatment facility she introduced herself and stated that Barry, her spouse, was involved in hazardous and abusive drinking behavior. She also articulated that Barry, her spouse, had a top-rate health insurance program at his job and that residential or outpatient alcohol treatment would be covered if a doctor in the company health network initiated the rehab.

At one rehabilitation clinic, Emily was pleasantly surprised that she was able to speak directly with a healthcare professional who suggested that she come to the rehabilitation facility to discuss her husband’s abusive and unhealthy drinking behavior in more detail.

Emily Talks to a Psychologist About Her Husband’s Excessive and Abusive Drinking

When Emily arrived at the rehabilitation facility, she filled out some required forms and then after approximately five or ten minutes got to see a physician.

After listening to Emily go over her husband’s unhealthy and excessive drinking, the psychologist in a compassionate but resolute manner explained to Emily how she probably played a part in her spouse’s abusive drinking through the years by making excuses for him rather than letting him go through the outcomes of his hazardous drinking behavior.

Emily Discovers She Has Been Enabling Her Husband’s Excessive and Abusive Drinking

Stated another way, the physician stated to Emily that she may have been unintentionally enabling Barry’s hazardous drinking behavior. The physician also stressed the fact that while Emily would not be able to control her husband’s behavior, with the guidance and encouragement of the rehabilitation team at the healthcare clinic she would not only be able to learn how to avoid contributing to Barry’s hazardous drinking but she could also learn how to encourage him to make an appointment at the rehab facility so that he could go over his abusive and unhealthy drinking behavior with a doctor.

Fortunately after Emily discussed this with her husband, and he saw that she was serious, Barry told her that he had been extremely apprehensive about his abusive drinking behavior and that he was somewhat thankful to learn that Emily wanted to do something constructive about his abusive and unhealthy drinking behavior. As a result, he made an appointment to see a physician at the local alcohol rehabilitation clinic.

Barry Agrees to See a Healthcare Professional About His Hazardous and Careless Drinking

While simply calling a treatment clinic does not mean that a person’s unhealthy and abusive drinking behavior will end or that one’s warning signs of alcoholism or the alcohol abuse signs one manifests will simply fade away, calling for an appointment is without a doubt a compulsory component in the rehab process. And due to the fact that Barry was serious about getting rehab for his hazardous and abusive drinking, the likelihood of a successful recovery was greatly enhanced.

We meet a lot of cultures, where there is this nasty stigma that is stuck to the phrase “mental illness, bipolar victim or Im a Psycho.”  If people hear you have a “mental illness” or tell them “Hi! I’m bipolar!” their first reaction can be shown in their eyes and then their body. Without thinking their body language will be slightly tense and tend to back away. In some cases even people who you consider to be friends tell you that they cannot handle it and leave after the disclosure. But there are others who will stick by your side through the nightmares that occasionally rear its ugly head. Adolescent bipolar victims need to stick with these friends who will stay in there for the good times and when bipolar symptoms are showing its worst effects.

Trying to Live the Symptoms

Adolescent bipolar victims tell us that besides the wave of emotions they are experiencing in the last several years or months, they also have great friends, a wonderful family, a place to call their own, have their wonderful rooms, pets and a wonderful boyfriend who loves them. But, even having all these they find little joy. There is a lot of energy trying to deal with anything. Little things such as the simple smiles, the eating, picking up the phone can  take a lot out of them. This is a sure sign they are slowly sliding downward toward the murky and dark depths of depression when this happens.

Other Signs of the Depression

Many bipolar children prefer to keep to themselves in their home or in a classroom environment, because there are hardly any good friends to talk to or even lend a listening ear to. Most of these adolescent children would prefer to go into their own little world and forget everyone and everything around them. In school they  would not eat, play and interact with the other children. Learning and paying attention to what the teacher is saying in the classroom can be very difficult because their brain is not in focus. Its like trying to fly a kite northward but the kite is going southwards because the wind is taking it that way. It is because the mind is in control and the situation is beyond their power.

Test of Friendship

Until they go through the same experience none of your friends knows what its like to be a young adolescent with bipolar symptoms. Not a nice thing for both the sufferer and the people who care about them is the experience of depression, hospitalization, suicidal contemplation, loss of energy, staying in the room for days only leaving to use the toilet or to go to school. A true friend is one who seeks help either in a mental hospital or seek diagnoses. They are also there to find out more about bipolar medication and what is happening. Stick by them because you will always have somebody to turn to if you have one or two good friends.

A Really True Friend

A good friend indeed who will eventually save your life is a  person who stays by your side through thick and thin even when your family cannot handle your symptoms.

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