Well first off I want you all to know I
know absolutely nothing about bipolar and
don't pretend to, I only have come here
for a little advice or knowledge.
My housemate when he moved in seemed like
a great guy and I honestly think he still
is one of the kindest people I know and I
respect him a lot. However the past 3 or
so months have been hard on everyone in
the house not because he is labeled
bipolar but because of when get gets drunk
(I really wouldn't of know he was bipolar
if he didn't get drunk). He told us/me he
had bipolar not long after he moved in and
I was thinking, yeah thats cool, it's just
a seriouse case of random depression.
Well I have learned thats it's not and can
be tougher than the general public are
aware. So heres my problem.
The past 3 months he randomly drinks for
days on end and just walks around doing
"stuff" all night, till like 5 am making a
lot of noise and even sometimes does it
all again the next day (like today). When
he does get drunk he gets unimaginably
depressed and says some extremely morbid
things. Frankly sometimes he just flat
out scares me and then he remembers none
of it the next day. It happens quite
often so somethings gotta give. I don't
know what to do which is why i come here,
and I just don't want to walk away from
the problem. I'm not asking for a
solution but for advice on the matter. I
have actually asked him to slow down
drinking and to stop drinking on a regular
basis and he gave me two replies somewhere
along these lines; "Why can't I drink? I
can drink if I want" and "Drinking is the
only way for me to escape." While I
didn't bring it up to him does anyone else
think those responses are insane?
I want to make it clear I only have a
problem when his drinking, so don't get
the idea his an problem. His probably the
highest person on my list for having time
for people and patience.
I was hoping some people could give their
own opinions as this is the place for it
and then I can make up my mind on how to
approach the matter.
