[nandm]

lol....ironically I did not seem to have manic phases when I was using.. But I also was too scared to try much more than a bit of pot. Some weird thing in my brain always told me that drugs were wrong because they were "illegal" but alcohol was ok since it is legal. I pretty much stuck to that during my using days.

I am glad you are fortunate enough to be at a place where you can deal with your illness with means other than traditional medications. I am sure there are more people out there who are like you and are not at such an extreme that they need medications to get a handle on the problem. Hopefully one of them will post shortly.