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Just wondering if printed out the other thread and gave it to her to read like you were thinking of doing?

Also....if it is affecting YOUR mental health and well-being then there are bounderies you can definetly set. Yes she is an adult, BUT she is also currently living with you and that means that her decisions are/can affect your life as well. If things get bad enough then there are definetly ultimatums that can be given (I realize that would be a hard thing to do b/c you care about her so much, but you also can't let things get to a point where you are enabling her to continue her own distructive behavior either -- that only makes things much worse in the long run).

My 2 cents worth of suggestions would be:

1 cent -- print out the other thread if you haven't already

2 cent -- find a copy of "A Brilliant Maddness" by Patty Duke at a local bookstore or order it off the web for her (and a copy for yourself if you want....it's not that expensive a book....seems like a new copy is somewhere between $7 and $10 or something)

Then lay both somewhere for her with a note telling her how much you love her and you wanted her to have this bit of literature in case she is interested, but that from now on you plan to leave her addiction and mental illness issues in her hands.

i'm really pushing that book so diligently b/c (especially for her situation) it couldn't be more well suited for the things she is dealing with. Patty Dukes first mood stabalizer was even Lithium. And since she was also dual diagnosis (severe alcoholic) i think it will really hit home with your daughter.....and i think she will be drawn to read it because it embraces bipolar disorder as a necessary evil (and sometimes beautiful brilliance) in our world -- in that so many amazing people in history and current day time have been/are bipolar (like Abraham Lincoln and Charles Dickens and a hundred others -- musicians, painters, sculptures....).

love and hugs,
Jenna