[nandm]

As Carol stated AA provides great tools for what brings many to the end of their drinking; situational depression. By the time I got to AA I was awash in a sea of situational depression with no clue how to get out of it. What AA taught me were simple things like:
* If I pay my bills first then play, I actually have money to pay my bills. Novell concept for someone who played first then worried about the bills.
* How continuing to do the same thing over and over and expecting things to turn out differently was a form of insanity which needed to change.
* I can not change what others think of me or what they do to me but I can change how I respond to that.
* The only side of the street I need to worry about is my own and I need to keep that clean.
* work on the things I can change and leave the rest to God rather than worrying about it.
* I am sure there are many, many more but that is the short very abrigded version.

Ultimately, my life stopped being unmanageable. With that change my situational depression lifted. My life improved. It is because of that situational depression being lifted that I was able to figure out that I needed outside help as I have a chemical depression. Today I manage my life using the principles of AA and manage my medical issues with my doctor. As Carol stated it might be a good idea to speak to a doctor as he/she is in the best position to diagnose your depression.

Take care.