Hello everyone,
My question seems to be going nowhere. The AA group don't want to talk about Bipolar, below is what an AA member wrote to me:
My advice is to just turn the whole thing over to your higher power and pray for the people that are not Bi Polar.
I just want to be accepted and understood but it looks like there is still a stigma in AA groups in regards to Bipolar Disorder. For now attending a group that doesn't understand me is not helping me. I was trying to find how many Bipolars attend AA meetings and if they are beneficial to them. To me it doesn't seem beneficial since it creates in me a lot of anxiety because I am different then some AA members. Maybe in the near future people will accept mental illness. They are now more aware of it but do they really accept it and make you feel part of society? I certainly don't feel like that ... I feel apart from others and your forum seems to be the only place where I am accepted with my Bipolar Disorder.
Thank you for welcoming me into your group.
Sylvie
My question seems to be going nowhere. The AA group don't want to talk about Bipolar, below is what an AA member wrote to me:
My advice is to just turn the whole thing over to your higher power and pray for the people that are not Bi Polar.
I just want to be accepted and understood but it looks like there is still a stigma in AA groups in regards to Bipolar Disorder. For now attending a group that doesn't understand me is not helping me. I was trying to find how many Bipolars attend AA meetings and if they are beneficial to them. To me it doesn't seem beneficial since it creates in me a lot of anxiety because I am different then some AA members. Maybe in the near future people will accept mental illness. They are now more aware of it but do they really accept it and make you feel part of society? I certainly don't feel like that ... I feel apart from others and your forum seems to be the only place where I am accepted with my Bipolar Disorder.
Thank you for welcoming me into your group.
Sylvie
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