CV: slough

  slough - an emotional condition in which you feel extremely sad or have lost all your hope

E.g. Joe has been drinking for more than a year. He has been in a slough of despair, despondency and desolation since his friends and his family were converted to Satanism. Now that he pukes green every time he takes too much, he suspects he must be under a curse. He shouldn't have stopped being a Mormon.

Question: Do you believe there's Satan somewhere out there? Does he/she look like any of your friends or relatives?