still sober is Wonderful! and so long as you aren't drinking today...it still has to beat drinking and aaaalll that goes along with THAT kind of Hell, ya know?!!

I was like what you are discribing here about yourself when in my early sobriety, but that was after I was off of my antidepressents for a while.

Have you ever considered getting on some antidepressents? I go on them for about 6 months, then I'm good to go for a few Years!

i know what my sponsor would say and i know what i now do: service work, service work, service work. i have refractory depression--non-treatable by medication. well, that's a shitty thing, i'll tell ya, but i find that when i help someone else i immediately feel better about whatever is going on in my life. about a week ago a woman came into detox with a black eye and something close to alcohol poisoning. i held a bucket for her while she puked over the course of several hours. that nite i took some pics of the women in the house. a few days later i picked up those photos. lo and behold there was one of her--black eye and all--but the most curious thing was in her picture. sitting on her shoulder in the photo was an orb of light. maybe it was a malfunction of the camera or a poor photographer (i am that) but, anyway, i showed her and i pointed out the light and, yes, i did say, "looks like someone or something is right here in detox with you". she gave me a grin and said "you think so?" and i said "i know so" and so she stayed. hope does that. you can find someone to help anywhere and it was a suggestion i took to heart. i am so glad i did. my sobriety is far richer than its ever been...d.

You can always go to AA meetings, that is what they are there for.Working the 12 steps will definately get you out of the slump.

congrats on 61/2 mon that is awesome...I am feeling somewhat of that same way. I even went to 2 mtgs today and it really didn't help 2 much. I think some of it for me may be despair..and the emotions....fear.... but I heard today that thru this comes hope. I liked what itsmylife said about getting out of self and doing service work...Good luck

You're feeling depressed because you're starting to feel your feelings that you stuffed for so long.
The best thing to do is go to meetings before you drink again.

Another idea is to do something out of your comfort zone like learning an instrument or any new hobbie.

I like all the suggestions on your post itsmylife is a good one.

6 1/2 months is wonderful keep up the good work and never stop learning about your-self and this disease.

mj

Maybe your not accepting something!

When bad feelings overcome us, it is often because we are not accepting something.

Ask yourself, "what am I not accepting at this moment?"

If you find out that you are not accepting something and you know what it is. Try the serenity prayer to help you to see what, if anything, there is you can do to accept it.

If you find you can't accept whatever it is that's bothering you, then just accept the idea that you can't accept-at least for now.

Sometimes, it just takes an inner acknowledgement of the feelings that you are experiencing-somtimes, prayer and meditation.

Hope this helps.

You really need a local Sponsor who can explain things to you & who you can call daily.
We used to drink our feelings away. We can't do that anymore. You're starting to feel those feelings you drank over.

Congrats on the 6 1/2 months. That's awesome !!! I remember feeling like you are feeling. It was kinda like "Is this all my life is ever ganna be" Get yourself up, go to a meeting where there are newcomers and sit with them and talk. It is a cure all miracle. There is nothing greater to me than to see the ray of hope in a newcomers eye.

hey mama, those dark days come for everybody I thin. I was feeling that way about a month ago. I literally sat in my pjs and cruised the internet for days feeling like I wanted to disappear. It passed, like a cold unwelcome wind. Looking back, I thought it was a sign I was not doing well in recovery, but now I see it was just a bump, not a slip. Slumps are a part of life, but we alki's see it as a "sign" to escape. It will pass mama-just roll with it. Also, follow devon's advice in the meantime and go do something for someone else, even if it is just giving encouragement and advice on ds.

Losing drink from your life can cause a grieving process - depression is part of the grief process.

It does sound as if you are struggling to let go - but it also sounds as though you know you really have to.

On the other hand you may be genuinely depressed - if you can't make any sense of it then think about going to your doc.

Sometimes you literally have to force yourself to get up and take up painting, writing, reading, volunteer work would be amazing and also get you outside yourself, exercise, go to social events that don't involve drinking, go to a museum, a movie, make dinner for a sober friend or your family, get out of bed early one morning and watch the sun come up..... I've had that slump and literally if I had an image it was just like throwing myself out the door by my own collar. Just do it:)

six and a half months is great you should be prood its easier to drink you dont want to do that so we have to go to any lengths not to so go to a meeting.get in to service i know service help me.