Moquahontas

Accepting My Diagnosis By: Moquahontas       During both of my stints at a popular local Psychiatric Hospital, I've learned that I have what is considered a dual diagnosis. This means that I suffer from several mental illness diagnosis in addition to my allergy and addiction to alcohol.       Thankful to have health insurance that covers my treatment, and also to be at a hospital with an excellent reputation for successful rehabilitation, I intend to learn all there is to learn about being Bipolar I. I was recently diagnosed and that was a whirlwind for me. I truly believed that the projects that I was maintaining successfully was due to my amazing ability to organize, prioritize, multi-task, and complete them in record timing. However, I've since learned that the feeling of invincibility is attributed to a defect of the disorder called mania. I truly believed that I was invincible. I was juggling all these projects, daily, while working along side my co-workers a

Abstaining from Alcohol By: Moquahontas      Last week, I relapsed after 81 days of sobriety. Abstaining from alcohol has been one of the hardest things I think I've ever tried to do, besides graphing linear equations. After my husband caught me, tongue in bottle, attempting to slurp the last of the moisture from the creases of the bottle, I simply started to cry. I hadn't even realized that I'd taken a swan dive right off of the sobriety wagon.        Prior to that, to be quite honest with you and myself, I was drinking long before I put the bottle to my mouth that Saturday afternoon. My sponsor, Jackie is a Big Book fan (which I totally understand) and often quotes paragraphs from the AA Bible via text message. She asked that I call her every day and that I attend 3-5 meetings per week during my first 90 days. Needless to say, I stopped calling her around a week before I relapsed. I missed several meetings. I began looking for ways to run errands an