Hi Splitimage,
I too am in recovery and deal with depression. Sometimes it is hard to have to deal with both at the same time. Although I still have periods where I cry and get depressed, they are further and further apart from each other. The longer I am away from booze the more stable I become. Of course, I do occasionally have moments of craziness. The first 6 months of sobriety were very difficult for me. I ended up in the psych ward too—it was my first time. In some ways it seemed like things got worse before they got better—but they did get better! My sobriety has been one of the best things to ever happen to me. Hang in there—it does get better.