100 Voices: Christy Dignam - on Taking it Day by Day #NowWereTalking

It got really, really bad. It got so I couldn't get out of the chair. I couldn't see the point of anything. It's horrible. I'd never been depressed before, not even through my addiction. Addiction knocks the balls out of you, but I never really got depressed. I didn't even know I was depressed when that was happening. I didn't know what it was. It was only when I really came out of it that I realised that it was depression I was going through.

When I started recovering, I started feeling a bit stronger in myself. The tribute gig helped. I thought, "These songs are a lot better than I thought they were." It was only when I looked at somebody else performing them with Aslan that I thought, "These really are good songs."

I was able to enjoy it as a fan for the first time in my life. It was a very surreal experience, but I felt brilliant when I went home that night. That was probably the turning point. I take it day by day - that's the only way it can be now. Every day you wake up, you're grateful that you've that day.

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