Donna - you might know that Bill W., co-founder of AA, suffered from BLACK depressions his whole life. He died in 1972 of emphysema (never did quit smoking) - and there were no really effective meds til way after that. The ones before then would have been 'alcohol in pill form', in my opinion only.

I suspect a lot of us drinkers 'self-medicated' for years...and crossed the line into addiction.

Sorry - I still get into the paralysis of analysis!

Thank you for the support. I really hope for a solution here. I will keep you posted.

Catty1