I suffered from depression about 5 years ago and like you did not want counselling.
I went onto Zoloft and visited my doctor regularly with him increasing or decreasing the medication as required.
They helped me get over the 'hump'. It took about 10 days for the positive affects to kick in and some immediate side-effects (feeling a bit jittery) to go but after that I felt much better. I was able to get my job sorted out (and actually found a new one), go back to the gym and start seeing my friends again.
About a year later I went off the medication. I still have ups and downs (and deep down know I need to treat the root of the problem but like you am not ready to do that) but have not needed to go back on the medication.
Sometimes feeling bad about being depressed (and all the things that go with that) is just as bad as the thing(s) that caused you to be depressed in the first place. So treating the depression is a good way to start...then you can start tackling the things causing you the problem (with or without counselling).
One other thing - I in no way became 'addicted' and was able to go off the medication with no problems. This is 2006 not Hollywood in the 80's. Images and tales of people popping loads of anti-depressant pills to get through the day is just bulls**t. They might be popping pills but they are not anti-depressants.
To be honest I think the advice suggested by Louiseamanda is the most sensible on here.
Don't listen to anyone that says 'get a life'. They clearly have no understanding of what it is like to feel the way you do.
Good luck.