Me too. I am newly sober and the depression is just about unbearable I get it trust me
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Hi there, alcohol & drug addiction cover a litany of mental health issues & only by getting clean, can those other issues be addressed. Mental illness like bipolar or schizophrenia & yes, certain kinds of depression cause severe chemical imbalances that can only be helped by certain drug protocols.
Let's encourage people to get the help they need....whatever that may be....
I have almost 33 years sober and finally had to throw in the towel and admit to myself that my PTSD & depression were just not my friends. I didn't get sober to struggle like this. I need medical help right now along with counseling & I will be damned if I'm going to feel bad about it.
Sometimes you can do all the things: excel at the job, support the parents, pay the bills...you know, adulting, while still being severely depressed or hyper vigilant or paranoid or or or....so many things.
Get some help, it's ok, if we could fix ourselves we wouldn't be here in the first place.
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Hang in there!! I was once that person I want you to say I love myself 10 times stay positive we love you ! 
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Should improve in time, for me it did. And work the steps
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I have chronic depressive disorder. Getting and staying sober was the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life. Just last week I was fantasizing about taking my life.
So, what did I do about it?
-I took a day off work
-I did stuff that I enjoy
-I went outside!
-I called my sponsor, therapist, and family
-I went to a meeting
-Finally, I watched a feel good movie and ate a tub of ice cream!
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I also have mental health issues. I have AA to address my addiction and a psychiatrist who understands addiction and to whom I am honest with to address my mental health issues.
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I too suffer the hopelessness and fallen depression. For me it lifts and I get though another day. Sucks
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I’m 2 months sober. Felt the same way. Started going to lots of AA meetings even though I didn’t feel like it, I went anyway. Really helped. Much better now. Going through it was hard and then it wasn’t.
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Push through it. Seek help or a IOP group and push through I promise it will be better
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I understand that, i am too, i hope it gets better for you! Hang in there!
Stay strong brother. Start with listening how you talk to yourself. Sometimes we self sabotage.
Eat sweets, and be grateful.
That's the unfortunate thing of sobering up. The world doesn't stop for any one. It keeps moving with or without you. Now you're catching up. We drink to survive our emotions but in doing so were not moving forward but rather standing still. Whether you stay stopped or start again to later stop you will have to go through these motions. You can do this! We are all here for you! Of you ever want to chat I'm here. Be well bud!
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I feel ya on that my friend just have to talk with all of us to get through it.
Get to a group!
It will get better!!
Drugs and alcohol are a mind altering substance so your brain is all out of wack, you need to give it time, unfortunately depression is a part of getting clean, I know we get clean and think all our problems will get better but the truth is they are still there and Now we have to actually feel them. I never had the pink cloud experience, in fact the first year of my sobriety was the worst I was moody, sad, disappointed, angry and every emotion but I was clean and for the first time I honestly was able to say that. I now over 4 years clean and boy is my life different. I can’t even believe my life is what it is, but I’m grateful everyday I stuck with it. You need to heal and work on yourself no one’s gonna do it for you and it will be worth it. Change your mindset, change your life haha corny but very true
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It’s up to you if u wanna talk to your de first but taking vitamin B1 and magnesium could probably benefit you! Just food for thought
Get into a group and see a therapist.
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Get out .stop your brain from thinking.get to meetings!!!!!!!!!!!.stay busy.do the work!!!!
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