Same camp as WyoWoman. I have had a year or more of the down stuff.......but I am trying hard to get over it. My problem is that I would apparently rather be down than up. It's so much easier to feel sorry for yourself when you're down. And being down/feeling sorry for yourself is so much easier than feeling up........and alchohol does not help. In real fact, it makes it worse. Feeling down does get to be a habit..........and you have to look hard for the good stuff, but it is there. It just takes a lot more effort to find it. Keep looking.