Do you drink alcohol when you are depressed?

[survivor999]

If so, does it work? Does it make you less depressed?

[AlCzervik]

1. no but i will say when i went back east to visit my family Harp Ale made

my stay much better. Harp Ale---i love you.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

32. Ah, my favorite beer beverage...

good times!

Of course you have to drink it with the proper chant,

"Up the long ladder and down the short rope, To hell with King Billy and God Bless the the Pope, If that doesn't do, we'll slice him in two, and send him to hell with his red white and blue."

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. I Used To Love Smokin Bones When I Was Depressed...

But then marriage fucked that all up.

[MrCoffee]

3. What's depressed? I'm the king of the world, baby.

In the immortal words of Don McLean...Everybody loves me baby, what's the matter with you?

[Bluebear]

4. Alcohol is a depressant, I don't suggest it when depressed already. nt

[DireStrike]

5. Shouldn't really get drunk on medication

and if you can't get drunk, what's the point of drinking?

[blonndee]

6. Yes, but it only works if I stop after a few.

I've learned my lesson about overdoing it, period, but especially so when I'm feeling bad. I wake up even MORE depressed the next day and stay that way for days later. But happy-hour drinking, or even poker-night type moderate drinking, can really cheer me up. I guess part of that is just being around friends doing something fun, though.

[high density]

7. I don't drink... But I don't consider those that do "losers" ... NM

[endarkenment]

8. Me too.

Its just a personal preference.

[VOX]

26. Same here. No booze for me because of medication.

I probably wouldn't drink now even if I could, because it's been so long, I just don't feel any need.

But I do *not* sit in any kind of judgement on those who drink. As long as they're not ribbing me too hard about my club soda! :)

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Pot works better.

[quickesst]

15. Up until about....

nine years ago, I'd get depressed if I didn't have anything to drink. Ah, the good old days of bruised shins, and escape. I don't miss them at all. Kind of a love-hate relationship. Blue is %100 correct. Just got home from a hot, depressing day at work, and 'm feeling better already.:smoke: Thanks.
quickesst

[Ezlivin]

17. I'm only depressed when I'm out of pot

And you can forget that cheap Mexican shit that's dragged across the border. I'm a spoiled toker who demands some damned breeding, care in cultivation and expertise in drying/curing.

AK-47, White Widow, White Rhino, Bubblegum, Mazar, Afghan... ah, nature's finest.

It's just a damned pity that our $60 BILLION a year Drug War has made it so damned expensive.

[MsKandice01]

28. My husband gets all of that from the Cannibus Club...

I had some Afghan not long ago that was so strong, it was too much for me to handle.

[stop the bleeding]

10. what do drinks that are depressed do? n/t

[warrens]

11. A few beers. a loud stereo...buh-bye blues

Of course, the next morning it all comes back, but it is a great escape.

[depakid]

12. Actually, I'm more likely to drink while manic!

[Xipe Totec]

13. It makes me sleepy

I use alcohol to turn off my brain.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Not anymore, thankfully.

It took care of all my problems until it was the only one left. And a big one, too.


But I'm one of the 10% or so of the population that can't drink at all, and I'm convinced it's genetic and physiological.

More power to the folks who can blow off steam that way, safely. :toast:

[Nabia2004]

16. Sometimes a good depression deserves a good bender

For example, after breaking up with the love of your life. A one or two week beer binder fixes me right up.

Nothing like alcohol to feed a depression, and complement those melancholy blues.

B-)

[Riga Marole]

21. Tirades and alcohol

Is Mike Malloy depressed? Could that explain his drunken on-air tirades at night? I don't like the way he treats Kathy.

[titoresque]

42. Perhaps the love of your life left because of your

1-2 week benders? Just asking. :)

[Nabia2004]

43. No, I rarely drink, and rarely to excess

But there are occasions in which I find alcohol to have a medicinal, if not therapeutic value.

Making a fool out of yourself with a married woman, and then getting dumped for another man, is one of those occasions.

No, I don't smoke either.

[caligirl]

18. I eat ice cream and chocolate then.

[Retired AF Dem]

19. You mean there is something else to drink other than

alcohol?

[bigwillq]

20. Yes and I find it works.

At least it takes my mind off my worries for a bit.

[AspenRose]

22. Chocolate chocolate chocolate

I'm eating brownie batter as I type.

[Sapere aude]

23. I use to drink all the time. Got pretty good at it. I found out it only

made life worse. I stopped doing that 23 years ago. Now when I'm depressed like today, I try to find something to do to make the day more pleasant. You can't run away from your emotions. You have to feel them and deal with them. Tough to do but hey, I never promised you a rose garden.

[redherring]

24. Only losers drink

[JackDragna]

31. Then I guess me an' all my drinking friends..

..like Ben Franklin, George Washington, Jack London, Jack Kerouac, Oscar Wilde, oh..and just about most every other "loser" in Western society will go have a nice drink and you can stay home. With the "winners." :)

[Xenotime]

46. What are you trying to say?

[sandnsea]

25. Other - I have a disease so I don't drink

Others are free to make their own choices.

[Subdivisions]

27. Nope...I drink when I am

happy.

[JackDragna]

29. I drink all the time!

I drink liquor when I am sad,
I drink liquor when I am glad.
I drink liquor to have some fun,
I drink some liquor with lunch at one.
I drink liquor every day,
Take that, liver! Let's Taqueray!

[survivor999]

44. Ahah!

Are you drunk now? :)

[JackDragna]

51. No!

Sure would be fun, though. I gots work to do. :)

[cigsandcoffee]

30. Everything in moderation.

Except coffee and cigarettes.

[DFLforever]

33. No. I especially don't drink when I'm depressed.

Alcohol itself is a depressant and imo makes everything much worse.

[stepnw1f]

34. I Used To

I learned the hard way.

[Drewskie]

35. I just drink in social situations out on the town (nt)

[madmunchie]

36. Forget drinking, drugs work better

[Fox Mulder]

37. Nothing like drinking a depressant when depressed.

:eyes:

[KG]

38. food is my anti-depressant.

:)

[slackmaster]

39. I don't drink during working hours, while driving, or when hanging out

With teetotalers.

[porphyrian]

40. I drink pretty infrequently without regard to depression.

I used to drink a bunch more, in frequency and quantity, but hangovers suck exponentially worse and for longer once you're over 30 or so. When I do drink, I usually still try for a buzz at least, depending on the situation.

The only thing I self-medicate with is pot, and it's better than any pharmaceutical medication I've tried yet. The only real drawbacks, other than whatever lung damage is caused by the smoking process, are the illegality and the obliteration of my already-languishing ambition to be a productive member of society.

[sweetheart]

41. ...a couple glasses of wine to cool down

A pint of ale now and again,
a champiagne kir royal,
or a pimms and lemonade on a perfect summer day,
absynthe in a nice green shot,
Cannabis in a nice fat joint,
heroin in a hygenic syringe,
cocaine in a perfect line,
LSD on a crumbling sugar cube,
shrooms on a technicolour afternoon,
water to quench the thirst,
sex to fuel the fire,
and a couple a glasses of wine to cool down.

:-)

[Xenotime]

45. I have a bottle of Dom ready to go for when * leaves office....

On that day, I'll be drinking and not depressed.

[pitohui]

47. no but when in physical pain

a stiff martini plus ibuprofen works far better than the ibuprofen alone for shoulder pain, i know not why

[foreigncorrespondent]

48. Other!

My life is one big bag of depression, and I do drink, but I drink socially.

[marions ghost]

49. when depressed

I don't eat or drink...nothing goes down if I dont feel good. But people are different in this. I have never known severe depression but I have certainly seen enough of it and understand why someone might seek relief in alcohol. But drinking when depressed (especially alone) is the dangerous kind of drinking, obviously. You don't ever want alcohol to become your "friend," your means of survival.

Alcohol can be handy when used medicinally in cases of a shock to the senses. I have had a couple of experiences of something very traumatic...alcohol was quickly available and that was a blessing. The depression came later, and alcohol was no help at all then.

Are you a medical researcher by chance?

[BlooInBloo]

50. Alcohol is for chumps. Smack is where it's at.

[last_texas_dem]

52. No

My view is, depression is a bad enough problem; there's no point in developing an even worse problem to deal with.

[Throd]

53. I only drink on special occasions like Tuesday or sunrise.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

54. lol

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

55. Yep same here.

[Jamastiene]

56. In my experience when I did drink, I drank

when I was depressed, but it made me MORE depressed. That is why I quit.

[u4ic]

57. Alcohol

makes me depressed. Therefore, I don't drink it anymore.

I can get depressed much cheaper, like buying a newspaper...

[ScreamingMeemie]

58. Nope. My FIL did that. And ended up killing himself.

Very few can handle that. Temporary. Real temporary.