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DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT, 7:30-8:30 p.m. first and third Thursdays, St. James' Episcopal Church, 14 Cornwall St. NW, Leesburg. Peer-led discussions to share strategies for living with these illnesses. Free. 703-669-1928 or marilyngene13@aol.com.

BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays and 6-8 p.m. Fridays, TACID, 6315 S. 19th St., Tacoma; free; 253-565-9000, Ext. 20.

NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, Seacoast chapter, holds support and informational meetings on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. The meetings are open to families of those suffering with schizophrenia, bipolar, schizo-affective and depression. Meetings are held in the Library of the Community Campus at 100 Campus Drive in Portsmouth from 7-9 p.m. For information call 431-1512.

DRADA (Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association), Potomac Chapter, support group meets 7:30 p.m. at the parish hall of St. Raphael’s Church, 1513 Dunster Road, Rockville. For families and friends of people who have been diagnosed with depression or bipolar illness. Call 301-299-4255 or 301-570-9065.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. Support and education group for individuals with depression and/or bipolar disorders, as well as friends and family. 7-8 p.m. every other Wednesday. Free. Gracepointe Nazarene Church, 2900 Rosebud Rd., Loganville. 678-995-4186, www.gracepointe.com.

A free, self-help support group for adults with bipolar disorder meets from 2-3:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Lee Methodist Church, 294 Washington St., Norwich. For information on how to join or for free literature on a variety of mental health concerns, call the Mental Health Association of Connecticut at 1-800-842-1501, Ext. 10, or e-mail mntlhlth@tiac.net.

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Featured Article:

Bipolar Serenity Prayer

by Michele Soloway Sexton

I have a friend named Larry Drain, who has his own website and writes about bipolar disorder, as well as other mental illnesses. He once said that the Serenity Prayer was the best description he knew of successful recovery from bipolar disorder. I was so impressed by his version that I decided to print it here in its entirety:

God - Life is about more than me. There is a meaning and design to the world independent of what I think or feel. The first (and maybe biggest) trap of bipolar is to convince you that "it" is all about you and the measure of how things are is how you feel. "Life is not about what I can or cannot control, thank goodness, because so much of this is beyond my control." There is a "higher power." There is someone to turn to when I feel all alone and powerless and all feels loss.

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