Posted on 02/13/2007 6:10:37 AM PST by OESY
Not only in dollars. but the emotional whirlwind the wandering ones inflict on their immediate circle and family.
Combine bi-polar and alchoholism = A.M.E. Always Making Excuses. And as an adult, there is no legal recourse for forced treatment. No state mental hospitals anymore.
Anyone know of a treatment for both?
...and the treatment is only partially effective. Some families use tough love to force the issue, but there is no return for many.
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