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I have tried 4 different antidepressants. I'm not 'clinically' depressed. They just made me impotent haha. It's my situation and alcohol abuse that causes me to be depressed. Long-term sobriety is the solution. It takes me several months to get to normalcy. That's the hard part. 90 days minimum. I have very little support from family/friends. Single, live alone, unemployed. Its the social isolation and lack of intimate relationships that eventually break me. A job or volunteering won't help in that regard when I am alone on my birthday or a holiday. I don't even get a text or call from anyone. I don't really care so much as I can't believe I live like a virtual hermit. I am a hermit. It's awful. I used to be surrounded by people all the time. My own fault of course but very hard to deal with sometimes. I have no family around at all. 3 years since I last saw any family member. Only my father is in Canada. |
I won't press the issue but being disabled I know a fair bit about situational depression. Getting out meeting people helping people really helped me find a sense of self worth again. I really believe if you want change, you have to make change. Now is probably the best time in our entire lifetime to find a volunteer position or even a basic entry level job if you want one. Just because you've felt this way for a long time doesn't mean you have to keep feeling that way . wishing you the best man :) D |
Be well everyone! |
I have done well over a hundred interviews. Most hiring managers aren't too impressed by someone who has been fired 5 times because of alcoholism, has no professional references as a result, a criminal record, and no credit, no drivers license, and ADHD. McDonald's won't even hire me if I applied. I wouldn't stay sober at a menial job like dish-washer. That's the kinda job I can get. BTW- I was a former stockbroker for a very large investment firm. Quite a fall it's been. That career is finished. The volunteer route may be my only option. I assume that even non-profit organizations do a background check?? I don't mean to whine about my problems. Just that I bottle them up without discussing them with anybody. I drink to just forget about then. |
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