Melec

Hey guys, I need some encouragement. In a very bad place right now after relapse. I am so tired, feeling like I can't pick myself up and dust off and get excited about sobriety again. I'm so discourged.

CarolD

Depression is why I began AA recovery.

Have you considred having a honest
talk with your doctor?

stone

IT is hard after a relapse Melec. Please just keep trying.

tommyk

Alcohol was the worst depression medication for me.

My doctor helped me find a better one.

Consider her words, please.

Melec

Already taking medication for depression. Just discouraged because of the relapse, that's all.

Tazman53

Alcohol mixed with any AD med will always make depression worse, especially after a relapse. Relapse alone is depressing.

Do as Carol suggested, see a doctor and be TOTALLY honest with the doctor about your drinking, alcoholism is one of the only known diseases that one of it's symptoms is a denial of the disease itself.

If you stay sober long enough the AD meds can start to work, it takes sober time for alcohols effects to leave ones system and it takes time for AD meds to start working. Just try and find and work a recovery program and work with your doctor on your depression. I know recovering alcoholics that drinking was the cause of their depression and others that have found that they needed both sobriety and help from meds to help with thier depression.

Either path the first thing to fight depression is to stop drinking.

Melec

OK, no more responses please. I have had an HONEST talk with my doctor- I AM attending outpatient recovery, meetings, etc, etc etc. I just effed up and am down on myself and having a hard time. I was asking for encouragement to start over. But it seems like I'll find more of that at my meeting tonight.

Cathy31

Hey Melec

I'm sure you did not mean to come across so tetchily and ungrateful!

You are right though, your meeting is the place to be - good sign that you're going tonight - well done.

Cathy31
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Kristina

In my meetings, I've noticed that some of the people who are happiest and have the strongest recovery are the people who had a very rocky beginning to their sobriety, relapsing but somehow making it back to AA. I think the real fear with relapsing is whether or not someone will actually make it back on the wagon and start recovery again.

But you're doing your outpatient program, going to meetings, and talking to your doctor. Congratulations for getting yourself back though the door. Let your relapse just be part of your story, and let it help you be even more determined in your recovery now!

lostnfound1961

Hugs

psyk0

Write down how you feel now, all the negative things and feelings, and use it to read whenever in your sobriety you feel tempted to have a drink again.

Sobriety is not something you should feel you have to be "excited" about. Think of it this way: if you're an alcoholic, sobriety is a necessity to LIVE.


I was in and out of AA many times, with years in between even.

Pick yourself up, you can do it.

bostonluv

A relapse doesn't mean you start all over. You can learn from your past sucess and failures. I have never gotten anything in my life right on the first try but I can say that tenancity has served me well before. It can serve you well also in your journey to sobriety. I hope your meeting helps also.

Tazman53

Melec glad to hear you are doing what you need to do.

Hold your head high and remember that you can hold your head high, if you fall 6 times and get up 7 times, you are a winner!