Brandi_S's advice column

I'm a mother of 2 boys who are 13 months apart. Talk about a handful. I'm a wife to the best husband I could have ever dreamed of.
I'm one of the very blessed.

I have Bipolar 1 Disorder. I hate taking all these medications and always going to doctors appointments, but life is too short to let mental illness get the better of me.

Often times life is a challenge, and nobody knows that better than me. I wake up wondering if this is going to be a day my illness overpowers my meds, and either sends me flying like a bat out of hell, or leaves me laying on the couch like a wet dish rag.

Thank all that is good in the world that I have an excellent support system at home.
I'm one of the lucky ones.

I'm honest, and that can either be a perk or s flaw. Depends on how you choose to look at it.
I like to see it as a perk, because it's better to hear the truth than to be told candy coated bullshit.

advice

i have a wonderful friend that i love with all my heart. but her and her old friend became really good friends again. and im okay with her old friend but i think shes a bad person for her to be hanging out wtih. i mean she smokes and does drugs. and has a reputation as a hoe, and she lies ALOT to my friend. dont get me wrong i think shes cool and everything but i just dont want my friend to turn into her or get her reputation. any advice?
thanks

I'd be sure to remind her not to allow herself to be influenced by her friend's actions. Remind her of the dangers of smoking, drugs, and sex.

Make sure you remind her of the FACTS, not school yard myths. Do that buy studying the risks of those things yourself. You have to admit, such risks are good for you to remind yourself about, too. Knowledge is power, as the saying goes.

Other than that, you can't stop her from making her own choices in this life. If she wants to be friends with the other girl, you can't stop that.
You can, however, look out for her.

ygs-30/f

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