My wife has fixated on her depression as the cause of her drinking and other problems. One of the things she got out of rehab though was to be able to handle her depression she is going to have to adopt a sober life style. So she is on depression meds (has been for a long time), going to therapy and AA.
Doesn't matter to me is she is using the depression as an excuse on why she became an alcoholic or not if it gets her to start working a recovery.
Just have to wait and see what happens next. We are separated so at least I am no longer an active participant in the chaos.
Your friend,