Bipolar as a cause of alcoholism
My long term AW was recently diagnosed as bipolar 2. She now claims that the only reason she is an alcoholic is because of the bipolar. Was self medicating by bing drinking. I am not buying it yet because she has a long history of reasons why she is an alcoholic. None were her fault. Fixing the issues has never stoped her from drinking. So my question is, could it be true or is she in denial? She keeps throwing up the stats that lots of bipolars are also alcoholics as proof. I have not found any plublished proof but do find links sugesting the possibility that alcoholism can trigger bipolar.