Bipolar in the family Support Group

It's a 12 week course that I found on the Nami site and I just started last night. The instructors are former students and feel as though this course was a life saver for them in learning to cope with mental illness in the family.

Has anyone ever gone to this? Hard to tell what I'll get out of it after the intro class, but anything is better than nothing, right?

I really want to go through this class, but it doesn't seem to be offered anywhere within 100 miles of where I live and I can't see driving 150 miles each way with my work schedule.(I'd get there after the meeting ended) I hear it's a great class.

I have heard only wonderful things about this class.