Sorry, ran out of text space!
Anyway what i'm getting round to saying is, *in theory* it should be ok to disclose these things without an adverse reaction...
But in practice i'd say it's best not to share it with them unless you feel it's really necessary.
I wouldn't advocate lying. If asked directly or if it came up, just be open and honest. But if it doesn't come up then there's no need to.
Just my humble opinion, that's how i'm going to treat it myself and i have similar issues.
I just think there's a lot of misunderstanding of mental health / substance abuse / addiction by people who haven't been there or who don't have some sort of experience of it.
Just imho of course!
