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How I did it: After 2 years of refusing to accept that I could have a mental illness I was forced into acknowledging there was a serious horrible problem.  Out of necessity I started listening to the experts - for my health this meant doctors.I started taking lithium and stopped drinking to give the drugs a chance of working.I read about managing bipolar and followed advice on changing my lifestyle.With a CPN I wrote a relapse prevention plan - an… Read how I did it…

How I did it: I concluded I was indeed gay.  I came out to myself - it sounds corny, but part of it was being comfortable in myself.  Once I was happy with that, I chose the friends I wanted to tell first.  It was incredibly difficult - I thought I'd lose everyone, in fact I'd just built this into a huge thing in my head, my friends weren't bothered.  I worked through about 25 people, individual people - all hard but ultimately wonderful. Read how I did it…