Hank,
Lots of good advice above...
And some good jesting too.
The main problem is you have ZERO TIME with
Four young kids and tons of responsibility...
MACS is correct, focus on the positive, Many people are way worse off than you.
Everybody gave excellent suggestions on exercise, food intake, food types, etc...
I'd say QUIT DRINKING ALCOHOL EXCESSIVELY...
ONLY 1 or 2 a day...
Go for walks, that helps tremendously.
QUIT smoking everyday...make CIGARS a weekly treat , or cut way back.
Stop DRINKING SODA, STOP EATING SUGAR OR ICE CREAM...
EXERCISE!!! I know this sounds hoaky...
But those CHRISTIE Brinkley and Texas ranger-chuck norris
"TOTAL GYMS" can be had for a song on Craig's list...
Get the higher end model for cheap that some rich beotch never used... Folds away easy and you can use it at Home.
Psychiatrist's are good for a year or so...if your
Health insurance pays for them, they are experts on ANXIETY meds...sometimes you need a "cocktail"
Of 2 or 3 or 4 meds to get you out of depression...then wean you do down to 1 or 2...
Your family doctor does not have the expertise or knowledge...F#CK PSYCHOLOGIST's...they are WORTHLESS...
EFFEXOR Takes 2 months at least...sometimes 3-4
Hang out with your friends from high school or college once every 2 months or so...go have a beer and bullsh#t , let off steam..
Maybe go hiking, FISHING or hunting with them to
To get away from family...tell your wife you need to do stuff with your friends...not a lot...just a little.
Do projects around the house, fix dumb stuff you've
Been neglecting, sort the garage, purge the attic, have a yard sale in the spring ....
THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO IS SIT AROUND DOING NOTHING AND WORRYING...
"IDLE HANDS ARE THE DEVILS WORKSHOP."
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WHEN YOU DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING it all gets so much worse and you sink deeper and deeper...
CLAW YOUR WAY OUT....
I BUILT A SHED , when I didn't really need one,
JUST TO KEEP MY SANITY WHEN THE
FBI-SSG AGENTS WERE GANGSTALKING ME RELENTLESSLY WITH DOZENS OF SICK BAST#RDS
AT EVERY CORNER OR PLACE I WENT , HARRASSING ME VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY...
Its amazing what your neighbor's will sign on for when lied to and PAID IN CASH... Some turned downright aggressive when paid to do so...they paid my one neighbor off with FREE WINDOWS so an SSG CONSTRUCTION TEAM could harrass me for 3-4 weeks while I came and went with my sick and injured 84 year old mom who was staring dementia...
And they mounted a live feed camera in his house for round THE clock video coverage...THE mudderf#cker
then also got a monthly "site surveillance fee check" every month too...on top of THE free Windows...
THE F#ckers hired my neighborhood crime watch neo-nazi's and would walk up and down my street every 15 minutes ...talking super loud about me so I could hear them through my open Windows...
^^^ TRY LIVING LIKE THAT FOR 2 + solid years..
Day in ...Day out...
Sorry for the LAST RANT... BUT building that friggin' SHED was my life saver ..and one of the hardest things I EVER did in my life because I was BEATIN' down by sick FELONS calling themselves LAW ENFORCEMENT??? 24-7-365
So,
just take all the good suggestions and try to make it through this bad time...
Mr. Jones