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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister is a bipolar alcoholic who was in rehab and psych wards more than once.[/quote]

Having an ill sibling, who has spent time in a mental hospital, isn't scandals. There's a stigma attached but it's not her fault she's bipolar and she probably started drinking as an attempt to stable herself.  Conscience decision or not self medicating with alcohol happens.[/quote]

She refuses to take her bipolar meds. Denies she is bipolar. Goes on week long drinking binges. Stays with a spouse who hates her because of money. She has no conscience. She cares only about herself. Lies constantly. Had three abortions while married because she likes sex but not birth control. She drinks and drives all the time. I mean literally, has an open bottle and literally drives while getting drunk.

Has made death threats to people who cross her. Calls us and says she thinks she'll be dead in a few months. For sympathy, I guess.
Send emails to me with all the secrets I have ever told her, then blind copies numerous people.
Tries to get her husband on tape recording threatening her.
She argues with her spouse and at the same time calls other people so they can listen to the arguments, without her spouse knowing. So when he says things to her in the heat of an argument, others are listening.
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As hard as it is, this all the illness and her lack of control of it.  So many people stop taking their meds because they either feel well and think they don't need them or they are left feeling like they are walking through a bowl of oatmeal.[/quote]

So shall I keep putting up with her abuse?[/quote]

Not at all.  It's hard to separate the person from the illness, trust me, I know but having a mentally ill family member isn't something you should be ashamed of.  You don't have to like her, you don't have to deal with her, but you are adding to the stigma.  The stigma then remains for all of those who are capable, and healthy enough, to function normally.  [/quote]

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