Originally Posted by
trachemys 
Well of course you get depression! Alcohol being a depressant, it's effects last long after you stop drinking. Of course, you can stop. The only thing you have to do is not take that first drink. How you do that has to be planned. Read these forums, go see your doctor, make a plan, follow your plan.
I'd take my first step now and decided to change my life but i wish my family will stop their drinking habits too. Making a plan but changing my environment will be hard.