Hi Celina!

I understand where you are coming from. But what I was saying is
that society hangs labels on us and we are seen as a certain type of
person because of that label.

BP used to be called Manic Depressive. But society heard manic and
thought "maniac" and decide we were all a dangerous threat and
should be locked away to protect them and ourselves.

When you say you are a slut, what you are saying to me is that
society says that a women who has recreational sex with a lot of men
is a bad person and the name for that bad person is "slut"

When I say I am a slut what I'm saying to you is that I'm no
different from you. I had recreational sex with so many women under
the influence of alcohol, drugs, etc. that The faces are a blur and
the names are forgotten! But society calls me a stud or ladykiller
or some other name that gorifies what I have done!

We both share the same problem. It is the perception of our problem
by others that differs.

Chuck
--- In alicesbipolarchat@yahoogroups.com, cinabean_qt
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Oh no, I was a slut I would meet a guy and an hour later I was
riding
> him. I couldn't help myself. It didn't matter to me who is was as
> long as he was cute, got me stoned and fucked me. I slept with
about
> 30 people from 7th grade to 9th grade. I took a two year break
not
> even kissing anyone. junoir and sr yr I slept with mainly one guy
> cuz we where seeing eachother off and on for 2 years. but i slept
> with about 8 people when we weren't together. I haven't even
kissed
> anyone now since I concieved. I'm trying my best not to give in
> again. But it taking more strength than i thought it would.
> especially when around the man i love.
>
> Celina
> --- In alicesbipolarchat@yahoogroups.com, schaka1 <no_reply@y...>
> wrote:
> > I thought I'd do a short post just to say I'm a newbie. Not to
BP!
> > I've had it (fought it?) 30 years. Even though a good portion of
> > those years were unmedicated, I have been on so many meds and
> > combinations of meds that I have lost track! I once printed out
my
> > Walgreen's drug history and it covered 4 pages!
> >
> > I'm currently on cymbalta (60mg) for depression and Xanax for my
> > manic phases. These drugs have created a "new me". It is a me
I'm
> > not totally comfortable with. For the most part he surfs the net
> > researching his illness. Per my wife and son "new me" is ok and
> easy
> > to live with.
> >
> > "Old me" in his manic phase was high energy, highly productive.
He
> > was also an alcohol abuser and a slut. In one of the post a lady
> > said she was something of a slut. Girlfreind, in this society a
> > woman who "sleeps around" is considered a slut; a man
who "sleeps
> > around"is considered a "stud"! We are both dealing with one
aspect
> > of our manic phase and probably should be pitied and not
labelled!
> >
> > Enough already! I'm running on!