The big book says never belittle a good dr or psychiatrist and alcoholism may be complicated by other disorders a good dr or psychiatrist can tell you if they are serious. They say your not sober cause you take mood and mind altering drugs well Bill Wilson took acid he kept his sobriety date. AA about alcoholism how are steps desighned for nothing to do with bi-polar dont let the AA play docters get to ya Ive been threw this listened to them and was hospitalized.