There are many support groups for family and spouses of people with Bipolar disorder. You can use Google maps to search for one near your location.
Support groups are always nearby, consult with this source for one near you. http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=support_findsupport
Visit the Bipolar Support Group for Significant Others at www.bpso.org. You can join their mailing list, and find group meetings near you.
Bipolar Significant other has lots of resources for the families of those diagnosed with BiPD. Visit http://www.bpso.org/ for details.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance is a very good bipolar support groups
www.mdjunction.com/bipolar and www.findthelight.net are two well-respected bipolar support groups.
Since I do not know which area you are from I will suggest an online Bipolar support group. Here is the webpage where you can find out more and join the group. http://www.dbsalliance.org/site/PageServer?pagename=support_OSGnocomponent
DBSA Boston has excellent recommendations for bipolar support groups in boston
Local bipolar support groups can be easily found by checking out the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance's group locator on its website. Yes, there are quite a few support groups in the greater Chicago area.
www.mdjunction.com/bipolar is helpful
The most well known orginization would be the D.B.S.A.N.C.A. If you are unable to reach them you may try the N.M.H.A I could find no statewide list of bipolar support groups, but here's one for Spokane: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jan/02/spokane-support-groups/ . One place to inquire might be NAMI (nami.org).
To find a list of bipolar support groups in your area,please visit this website and enter your zip.www.healthcentral.com
Yes there are several hospitals that offer support groups for patients with bipolar disorder.
Psych Central (psychcentral.com) has a very good online bipolar support group.