hey there.

are you in therapy at all?

therapists can help with teaching you alternative coping strategies. they can also help with talking through the depression etc around using.

opinions vary on whether a drug and alchohol councellor is most suitable for drug and alchohol related issues... personally i think that it is similar enough to other maladaptive coping strategies...

it can be hard to learn new coping strategies when d&a is there as a 'quick fix' too... and alchohol as a depressant and pot which functiones kinda as a depressent too can make the depression worse than it would be without using...