I was a sometimes depressed person too, foolsgold, and less all the time, I feel. I can remember reading these affirmations a couple of years ago in my early sobriety, and they seemed to be almost unattainable. Now though, looking back, I seem to have incorporated much of them into my life somehow.
As for unhappiness being a sign that more hard work is needed, I am not sure. That advice, to try harder to be happy, if given to me a few years back would not have been received well. And looking back over the more recent time, I don't think the steps I have taken have been chosen to make me happier, but they still have all the same. The biggest step I have taken to make my life happier was to lose the booze, of course.
Good thread, it's gotten me thinking. I am looking forward to what will follow here. Thanks.