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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My grandfather, father, and brother all have bipolar disorder. My grandfather and father both self-medicated with alcohol and were very emotionally and physically violent people who did tremendous amounts of damage to our families which everyone is still feeling the effects of today even though they're both gone.

My brother has destroyed vehicles, stolen money, threatened people, and has been placed in involuntary inpatient treatment multiple times. My mother has had to call the police on him for her own safety. When he's stable and taking his medication, he's a very self-centered person. It's hard to say how much of that is the disorder and how much of it is just him.

Everyone judging people for limiting contact with mentally ill and substance addicted family members needs to understand that these people have the capacity to ruin lives and families if they're allowed to. [b]You can have compassion for family members struggling with mental illness and addiction but that doesn't mean that you have to let them destroy your life.[/quote][/b]

Amen to the bolded. [/quote]

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