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re: Daughter’s alcoholism and mental illness.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 8:13 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Posted on 11/15/25 at 8:13 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Sorry to hear this.
Is your family active in any kind of church or religious organization? Maybe the Pastor/Priest or whatever can give advice, they often help at times like this.
I am no doctor, so feel free to ignore, but I find it odd that so many are focusing on the alcohol and drugs stuff first. None of that will get solved unless you get a handle on the bipolar issue first. Put another way, I don't think it's booze that is making her bipolar (though it is not doing her any favors) but the bipolar issues are making her drink so start not with rehab but a psychiatric facility, maybe outpatient care can be enough. I am not expert on this.
I will pray for your family, Take care.
Is your family active in any kind of church or religious organization? Maybe the Pastor/Priest or whatever can give advice, they often help at times like this.
I am no doctor, so feel free to ignore, but I find it odd that so many are focusing on the alcohol and drugs stuff first. None of that will get solved unless you get a handle on the bipolar issue first. Put another way, I don't think it's booze that is making her bipolar (though it is not doing her any favors) but the bipolar issues are making her drink so start not with rehab but a psychiatric facility, maybe outpatient care can be enough. I am not expert on this.
I will pray for your family, Take care.
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 11:23 pm
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Posted on 11/15/25 at 8:15 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Not reading all this I have and had have both in my family and it's rough. I only offer my prayers to your Daughter and your family.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 8:19 pm to Pikes Peak Tiger
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This statement makes me think your entire story is made up
Yea buddy, I sure wish it was fiction, I wouldn’t wish this on any dad.
As far as posting here, sometimes it’s good to unload and I’ve had some good advice.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 8:26 pm to BluegrassCardinal
I know a great addiction specialist if you want to talk to him. he does Telehealth too, and is almost always available
Posted on 11/15/25 at 9:15 pm to Murray
The fact she is 19 creates a lot of treatment issues. HIPPA basically removes the parents from the equation and makes the situation more difficult lay recommendation is to find a NAMI chapter and discuss your issues and they can provide some advice as to how to proceed in your location.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 9:18 pm to jizzle6609
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My suggestion would not be a beachside resort rehab but a rehab with a solid record
This is important. If they keep going where everyone talks about how great they are like its a vacation it wont help.
Also. Sometimes therapy and these places make people focus inward on themselves so much trying to identify the problem it becomes like a neurosis. Like a medical narcissism.
Need to focus on the future and how to get there and what makes them move forward every day.
GL
Posted on 11/15/25 at 10:12 pm to BluegrassCardinal
quote:She needs to be at home with your family support system instead of away at college. Get her back into therapy and meeting with a psych. Keep a close eye on her if they put her on any new meds to make sure they’re working as intended and she adjusts well to the meds without them causing unwanted bad thoughts.
Skip ahead to this year. We send her away to college, grades started out good and she was doing well we thought. My wife started noticing she was lethargic and depressed. Her roommate calls my wife the other night at 1am and said our daughter has been drinking heavily and snorting Wellbutrin.
Find her a job in something she enjoys and finds rewarding and encourage whatever hobbies she has. Partake in said hobbies with her. Keep her busy. Idle hands are the devil’s workshop.
This post was edited on 11/15/25 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 11/15/25 at 10:25 pm to BluegrassCardinal
My daughter went through about an 18 month period of suicidal ideations due to Complex PTSD she developed as an ER nurse serving in covid hotspots. Death was a daily part of her life for over a year. We were able to get her the help she needed and she is functioning and providing for herself again. The anguish and anxiety situations like your daughter's can place on parents can be dangerous itself. As you are seeking answers and help for her, I strongly encourage you to seek mental health care for yourself. I did and it made a huge difference. I just prayed for your family.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 10:29 pm to BluegrassCardinal
My deepest empathy to you. A child that is struggling is like a painful itch that you can’t get relief for. I will pray she heals and that you find acceptance.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 10:46 pm to supadave3
We had to remove sidewalk chalk from our adolescent unit because the kids were crushing and snorting it, thinking they were feeling something.
It is a challenge to keep bipolar people compliant with their meds long term.
It is a challenge to keep bipolar people compliant with their meds long term.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 10:58 pm to WhoKnows
Very dangerous and can cause seizures. Not the type of medicine to even split in half.
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:00 pm to BluegrassCardinal
Tell her she needs to go to treatment or cut her off completely.
Treatment needs to be a 90 day cognitive behavioral therapy place based on the 12 steps of AA. Preferably a few hours away from home. Sober living after for 4-6 months.
It works. Me and countless other friends and family have 10-30 years of sobriety each
Treatment needs to be a 90 day cognitive behavioral therapy place based on the 12 steps of AA. Preferably a few hours away from home. Sober living after for 4-6 months.
It works. Me and countless other friends and family have 10-30 years of sobriety each
Posted on 11/15/25 at 11:01 pm to Nynna11
If she has 'normal' days, talk to her about her future and putting off having children. There is a five year slow release birth control that is inserted subcutaneously and it works. Being pregnant and those hormones would further your problems.
I wish you the best and can only hope that she wants to be different than she is right now.
I wish you the best and can only hope that she wants to be different than she is right now.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 7:42 am to BluegrassCardinal
Alcohol Use Disorder is a disease like Bipolar, Hypertension and diabetes but substance use disorder has a terrible stigma. This is something that she didn't want of ask for so a Supportive Family Environment is very important. She needs to get her Bipolar Disease and Alcohol Use disorder both treated . Residential Treatment in General is the best first step but so many of them are just there to make money. The best in Louisiana in my Professional Opinion (Im fellowship Trained at Tulane and Board Certified in Addiction Medicine) is Longbranch in Abita Springs. Good Luck and contact me if you'd like to talk to someone.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 7:50 am to BluegrassCardinal
Find her a church with young adults program. Being around good people is uplifting. Her demons will hate it.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 7:59 am to Murray
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know the alcoholism is an urgent issue but she needs help to manage her bi-polar symptoms. Without that her fight with the alcohol will be worse than anyone else dealing with alcoholism.
From the little we know, I’d underscore this.
Heck, without knowing much about the drinking besides the story of the one binge - we don’t even know what the alcohol intake looks like outside what may be wild bi polar swings spawning non-coherent drug usage
Also, not to fault the OP but I always get antsy on these mental health/addiction stories when then kid goes away to college even though not stable. Until feeling rock solid it seems like the local commuter school for some freshman basics seems like option 1A with spending big dollars to blow up any support system as a very distantly ranked alternative
Posted on 11/16/25 at 8:35 am to BluegrassCardinal
19 years old. At 19 I was already a full blown alcoholic and raging coke head. I ruined a marriage. Nuked every bridge imaginable and was even homeless for a while. Took a decade and hundreds of rock bottoms for me to finally say I need help. Hang in there OP. My family and friends gave up on me and deservedly so. Hope your daughter can turn it around while she is still so very young.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 8:43 am to duckblind56
Maybe one day they will become a victim in a crisis like this or, something even more traumatic.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 8:46 am to BluegrassCardinal
Long Term Rehab, short term does nothing for most.
Posted on 11/16/25 at 8:54 am to Eauxs Eaux Face
I’m eight years sober after 90 days in Palmetto. It works for many people.
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