Southern Plate Radio – How to Fight Depression and WIN
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This week Christy shares how she managed to find victory over years of depression and how you can, too! This week’s radio show is helpful for anyone who has suffered from depression or who has a loved one fighting the battle.
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P.S. I am 62 years old … not a young woman – not a young woman anymore. I’ve never had any issues before with alcohol … why now?
Hey Kristin,
My heart goes out to you because I truly do understand. We all have our demons and they are never anything we expect. Demons sneak up on us when we are at our weakest and prey on our very souls. Only the light of God can chase them away and oftentimes we need an infusion of strength and hope just to get started. It sounds like you haven’t read the post I wrote on depression. This radio show is an extended version of that but I think reading the actual post will help you, too.
Here is a link to that: https://southernplatecom.bigscoots-staging.com/2014/05/the-black-pit-how-to-stop-digging-deeper-and-learn-to-claw-out.html
You can do this. It is a journey and the journey may take a while but every journey begins with a single step and every step you take after that gets you one closer to completion.
I don’t drink any alcohol at all now, used to from time to time, but God convicted both me and my husband a few years ago to not have a drop and while we didn’t have a problem with it, we followed His direction because He made it clear it was a wish He had for us so I can’t speak to your problem in a more particular sense, but I can tell you what I’d do and what I have done in problems like this.
First of all, realize that alcohol is a symptom of your battle and while you need to conquer that, there is still work to do. To start, try replacing the alcohol with something else. Coffee, a carbonated drink you like, a really good fruit juice. Replace it so that you still have the glass in your hand and there is something enjoyable in it, even if it doesn’t have the same effect. Drink it slowly and tell yourself it is relaxing you and having a good effect – enjoy it.
Secondly, I’d seek an Alcoholics Anonymous group. They are well schooled in discretion AND this particular battle you are fighting and seeing you are not alone in your struggle first hand will offer immense hope.
Most importantly, realize that depression is your main adversary here but all aspects have to be fought. Work on the depression very carefully, very diligently, and you will make a little bit of progress each day. I know it feels overwhelming but you absolutely can do this. Please read my entire post and take it to heart as much as you can.
I will be praying for you and know that the other side of this is waiting to shine light on your face again!
There is a wonderful quote that I wish I could find for you but I can’t so I’m going to have to paraphrase
They say change takes time, but change is actually immediate. Once you make the decision to change, it can happen right then. It just takes time for others to see it.
Kristin, you are stronger than you realize and help and hope are waiting.
I promise 🙂
Christy … your reply means more to me than I an express in words. I have prayed for someone to reach out to me….for the phone to ring … something! I received your message through an email and I don’t know where it came from … hmmmmm. You are my angel sent from above. Your words of encouragement means so much so me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will get past this ….. God Bless.
Christy ….
I so need help … I have been in a depression since losing my Mother three years ago – followed by losing my sister two years later. I have fallen so far … I have resorted to alcohol to relieve my pain … but I know it’s not the way. I successfully raised three children and have four wonderful grandchildren and now I am in peril. I am ashamed.
Thank you so much, Christy, for sharing your stories with us. I, too, have depression and have for years. Somedays I wake up ready to have a wonderful day, but more often than not, I wake up feeling as if I have a heavy blanket of sadness over me that I can’t get off. I am 42 and the mother of four beautiful girls (ages 7-18). I want to be able to feel better and do the kind of things that a mother should be able to do with her kids. I just want to feel like life is good again. I hope that listening to your stories will help. I know that every time I read your blog, it makes me smile. So, thank you for that small bit of light in my day. I pray for all of you out there that suffer with depression, as I hope you will do the same for me. God bless!
God is using you to help others and thank you for being so open and sharing your story. I suffer from hypothyroid and with winter coming depression is also on the heels. I now have that extra encouragement to help me through.
Continued blessings to you,
Cherrill
Blessings to you Cherrill!!!