Amp, so happy to hear you are progressing to starting to enjoy life :-)
Toots, a down day doesn't feel like a black pit anymore - and I know it will pass. Yesterday I gave myself a slight shove and went to a choral event of holiday singing. Lovely. My big thing now is to get myself moving physically. In past years, I worked hard at fitness but every time I was feeling really good about it, I got hit with a new significant health issue, some quite serious. So I associate fitness with getting seriously ill. I know I need to push past that but haven't been successful for any real length of time. Still trying. I'm hoping it will be like getting sober - work at it hard and never give up.