“My friend Steph has bipolar and a drinking problem. She had been sober for about 3 months. But she texted me and mentioned she was having a couple beers, which concerned me.”
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The tortured artist. There’s a reason why we hear that cliché over and over again. It’s true. Many of the greatest artists, authors and musicians have lived with mood disorders, and subsequently addiction. The two seem to go hand in hand.
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Jason is a bipolar businessman who’s been to rehab or detox a whopping 17 times. From corrupt cons to crack cocaine, read part of this amazing story, which appears in the upcoming book The Eccentrics – out in 2016.
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Over time, Van Gogh was hospitalized at least five times for manic-depressive breakdowns. Friends and various artists described him as eccentric, disturbed, terrifying, on the verge of a breakdown, extremely difficult, obstinate and as a heavy drinker.
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This was the year I turned the corner on my life after seven years lost due to alcohol and drugs.
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Wouldn’t it be great if we could all drink and use moderately?
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Every music mag and blog is coming out with their best of list for 2014. We at the Bipolar Addict decided to count down the best bipolar songs that encapsulate the bipolar experience.
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The news just doesn’t get us. There’s the old saying “If it bleeds, it leads.” And it’s true. Nevermind the bipolar teacher or lawyer or athlete who contributes to society splendidly.
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It’s the feeling you get when you’re higher than the moon for no reason at all. You’re invincible. Everything you do or say is brilliant. You’re hyper-aware. You’re bathing in a pool of euphoria. You’re high. But you didn’t do any drugs. That high is addictive.
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Alcohol. Heroin. Cocaine. Crack Cocaine. Ecstasy. Ketamine. All of Amy Winehouse’s drugs of choice. They rendered her Lithium treatment for bipolar useless.
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