Originally Posted by
Realest 
I suffer from depression and lately it’s been getting worse. I see a doctor and am prescribed an antidepressant. I work the 12 steps, go to meeting an am active in AA. I don’t feel like drinking at all. I know alcoholism can be depression. But this isn’t alcoholism this is mental illness I have been sober a while. I need medication. I’ve had a spiritual experience of the result of the 12 steps. Peopel on AA say. I look like a new man and I changed.My question is does anyone ever feel like its useless working the 12 steps because you feel bad from depression? Or do you continue with the 12 steps? I am continuing with meetings and prayer and meditation. Also I feel disconnected from God lately even though I pray. can anyone help help me?
I didn't get help for my anxiety and depression until I had been sober for 11 years, but that was only because I was fearful that AD's would jeopardize my sobriety.
But, after 11 years of getting clobbered with anxiety on a daily basis and depression on a periodic basis, the same doctor I went to for help with my drinking years earlier (who had become a close friend and a recovery mentor) gave me the name of a psychiatrist who he insisted would not give me something which would put my sobriety at risk.
I went to see that doctor and he and the meds he prescribed haven given me a staggering amount of relief for almost 20 years now.
I wish that I had gotten help earlier.
If any old-timers or others speak badly of taking AD's, they don't have to take them.
They don't know anything about AD's.
And you can be assured they still take their blood pressure meds and Viagra.