I have a suggestion regarding depression. There are a lot of different therapies to treat depression, but they don't all work or resonate with each patient. I'm not a doctor, so please take everything I say here with some skepticism. Both my reading and my personal experience indicate that exercise, increased social interaction, SAD lamps (during winter), medication, and meditation all have the potential to significantly relieve suffering from depression but many have drawbacks as well. In addition, different treatments can effect the same person differently at different points in their lives. When I was in High School, the only thing that I had the motivation to do was medication, and it really helped me. As an adult I had significant side-effects from medication. For most of my life exercise alone mitigated the symptoms, but one year I had an injury that happened during a particularly hard time and I had a pretty bad few months. As an introvert, increasing social interaction brings its own stresses, but I try to get enough to keep me balanced. The best thing I have found so far is meditation, but as a skeptic I wouldn't have been open to it earlier in my life. Many people also benefit from counseling. Finally, I wouldn't assume that fixing the job and staying away from the casino will resolve the issue. If it's really depression I recommend taking a multi-pronged approach. If any of the treatments above resonate with you, I would start by talking to your doctor and looking at your options. If it's really depression fixing the job isn't likely to solve the problem. For me a mix of exercise, SAD lamp in winter, meditation, and having more social interaction than my introverted personality reverts to combine to keep the symptoms almost completely at bay. Your mix may be different, and sometimes medication or therapy are really necessary just like antibiotics are sometimes necessary to treat an infection.