well i do! this bi-polar is celebrating one yr. sobriety today. i finished by courtordered drug program 6 months early and in my exit interview yesterday with the powers that be founs out that all the chaos i thought that i had caused that i did go to jail for was not in vain. the woman doing my exit intervew said that on the contrary. i was respected, just misguided. and that many changes had been made for the dually diagnosed since the early days when i first came into the program for my first rodeo. i was stunned. here i thought they despised me. she said write that book. keep advocating. just get off probation first. i couldnt believe it. she was right. you dont have much credibility when you are in the system. she hugged me when i left a program i went into three years ago w/ resent

ments and disdain. my my my....i cant believe how much i have changed.....bipolar is a slick disorder and it can take you down fast. so, i have to work hard and keep sobriety my primary purpose. if i drink, my meds screw up, then well you all know the rest. or dont you?? come on any stories? i honestly never, ever thought i'd be writing this. thanks chris. you have been an inspiration and yes it is a slow tribe, but it will survive, because we are the strongest of all. we have to struggle the hardest. but we carry the message further. i truely believe that. we are intuitve and powerful. we just need to stay healthy. on every level. love you guys.