Originally Posted by
Gottalife 
When I was newly sober, a bunch of us used to gather in the rooms for coffee, and we often talked about feeling depressed. "How are you?" "Oh I'm feeling a bit depressed today" was how the conversation went.
Then I met someone with real depression, and I realised I was confusing depression with self pity, and the bad feeling that comes after making selfish decisions. I came to see that my self pity was self inflicted, and I was shown how to get away from living that way. For me to medicate the effects of my behaviour, would be no different to drinking. There was no medical condition present, though I am sure I could easily have convinced a doctor of today anyway, that there was.
It is self evident that for someone with real depression, there are medical solutions, which may include medication and/or therapy, and these will treat the depression, but not the alcoholism.
The crucial thing in dealing with both alcoholism and depression is absolute honesty with the people that are helping you.
Thanks for the reply, Gottalife.
Believe me, this is something that I struggle with. I'm referring to the thought of whether I'm just trying to fix something I've created myself by taking another pill, or whether I just need to walk through the proverbial fire, and deal with what I have to deal with on my own. I guess the thing is, when you're depressed, it is hard to be objective and to know whether you are truly experiencing clinical depression. There are certain times of the day where I do feel 'ok', but other time the thoughts and despair are pretty deep, where it's hard to get out of my own head. I would easily qualify as depressed based on some of those online questioners.. but who knows? I'd like to give it a little time to see if things begin to level out first. And I don't want to take something if I truly don't need it, but I don't want to be so stubborn as avoid taking something for years, and then one day realize I should have got on something much earlier, something that could have greatly improved my quality of life.