Depression Hurts

It is very common that depression and alcoholism go hand in hand.  Both of these ailments can run in the family and they both co-exist routinely.  It seems that feelings of sadness and desperation from depression feel as if they are lifted by drinking, as the drinking of alcohol produces a “high” which lifts those lower feelings of depression and the inhibitions that go with it.  Waking up with a hangover pretty much does the opposite, of course, so it is an ongoing struggle for the person with these diseases.  In a sense, the person with depression is “self-medicating” themselves for their depression.  I can’t begin to imagine how you go about untangling all of that, or which problem you try to attack and dismantle first!

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