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Originally Posted by sara1998
Good luck with him. My late hubby went to rehab, but refused AA, and ultimately relapsed, and killed himself later that day. I'll never deal with another alcoholic again.
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I am so sorry for your loss.
Unfortunately, the rehab center did not medicate him for his bipolar and only treated the alcohol addiction. As a result, he was still manic when he was released from rehab. He fell off the wagon about three weeks ago, and became suicidal. I had to file a petition for involuntary commitment to the hospital. When he got there, his BAC was .30, which is pretty high. The psychiatrist commited him for 5 days to get him stabilized on bipolar meds (FINALLY!!). Now that he is on his meds, he is not suicidal, but is still depressed because the meds take a while to take full effect. He is not drinking, is going to his doctor appointments and is going to AA.
I am glad that I had the opportunity to get him to the hospital, although it was a very scary thing to have to call the crisis line and 911 because he was suicidal.