{"id":7897,"date":"2013-12-20T07:40:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:13","slug":"i-know-why-you-want-to-do-drugs-drink-and-eat-a-gallon-of-ice-cream-until-you-throw-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/i-know-why-you-want-to-do-drugs-drink-and-eat-a-gallon-of-ice-cream-until-you-throw-up\/","title":{"rendered":"I Know Why You Want to Do Drugs, Drink and Eat A Gallon of Ice Cream Until You Throw Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bryers\"<\/a>There is a reason people with bipolar abuse so many substances- I can add stupid sex, quitting jobs, leaving the country and driving like a maniac to the above list!<\/p>\n

We hurt sometimes- and when the meds don\u2019t work or we refuse the meds or the side effects grab us by the neck, we want relief.<\/p>\n

When you have an illness that affects the emotions, relief often comes in dangerous packages. Danger makes you feel alive- we do dangerous things to FEEL something.\u00a0 We do dangerous things to NOT feel something.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s human. So if you have bipolar and you get destructive when you\u2019re sick, you\u2019re normal.<\/p>\n

There is a solution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The solution is to manage the illness and use your good days to set up checks and balances that will prevent the dangerous behavior on the bad days.<\/p>\n

For example, when my depression is bad, I isolate myself.\u00a0 As you may have guessed, I\u2019m not exactly an introvert. If I could have a reality TV show record my every movement, I would. I would love it because that would help me feel alive.<\/p>\n

It’s better than taking too much Vicodin or eating a half gallon of Bryer\u2019s Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

We are regular people under these mood swings.\u00a0 Regular people struggle with dangerous behaviors, so imagine what it\u2019s like for those of us who don\u2019t get to choose our own moods?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a striver- I strive to manage this illness. I strive to live.\u00a0 This past year changed me profoundly-\u00a0 it was a tough year and I made it through. I will not let this life be wasted. \u00a0Writing this blog\u00a0 is my way of giving the finger to this illness.<\/p>\n

It will not get me and it doesn\u2019t have to get you either!<\/p>\n

We can stay stable together!<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"bryers\"<\/a>There is a reason people with bipolar abuse so many substances- I can add stupid sex, quitting jobs, leaving the country and driving like a maniac to the above list!<\/p>\n

We hurt sometimes- and when the meds don\u2019t work or we refuse the meds or the side effects grab us by the neck, we want relief.<\/p>\n

When you have an illness that affects the emotions, relief often comes in dangerous packages. Danger makes you feel alive- we do dangerous things to FEEL something. We do dangerous things to NOT feel something.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s human. So if you have bipolar and you get destructive when you\u2019re sick, you\u2019re normal.<\/p>\n

There is a solution.<\/p>\n

The solution is to manage the illness and use your good days to set up checks and balances that will prevent the dangerous behavior [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11338,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions\/11338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}