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Old 07-31-2014, 10:03 AM
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Scottydog
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JL- 48 days is great, way to stay strong and sober. I hope the depression starts to clear. If you were like me, drinking only made the depression worse. Sure, the night I'm drinking I might feel better but the day after would be a terrible depressive crash.

I'm on Cymbalta that wasn't prescribed for depression but chronic back pain. I found that after being sober and on the meds my mood really started to improve after being sober. Less pain meant I could start working out. It took a few weeks to really start working and now that I've been trying to get sober I'm thinking of weaning off the meds. This may seem silly, but when I get up in the morning I would do a "mood" check and lately, I've been feeling good. When I can wake up without a hangover and have energy it feels great. The hard part if fighting off the AV in the evening or other trigger events.

Everyone hang in there and have a sober day. We can do this.
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