I'm currently employed, but was unemployed for 18 months due to mental health and addiction issues. I really needed that time off to get my life back together.

Don't give up on yourself. Things may seem really bleak right now, but they can turn around with work and the right medication. Christmas Dec. 06 I was newly unemployed from showing up drunk on the job, suicidal, and in the hospital going through a really bad alcohol withdrawl. Treatment centre, and an inpatient stay as well as lots of outpatient therapy have allowed me to get to the point where I'm back working, and feeling relatively good about myself, and I've been sober for 9 months now. So it is possible for things to improve.

Hang in there.

--splitimage