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Old Jun 11, 2012, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazz007 View Post
Hey Sophia, sorry I'm just now responding. I've been MIA for a couple of days.

I feel terrible the day after I drink. Even if I don't have a hangover or anything, I feel so freakin guilty because I drank. The thing to be careful with is drinking an doing stupid things, since the alcohol can make u feel more depressed. That's what happened to me when I tried to commit suicide. I drank myself into such a depression that I took a lot of pills on top of it...wanting to end it all. Without the alcohol I probably wouldn't have done it.
So now I'm a lot more careful not to drink too much. Just learn from my mistake, never mix alcohol with drugs or ur meds.
The first time I got drunk....i felt sooooo depressed. I was crying all over the place. So i can relate to this.

I think small amounts of alcohol though, actually elevate mood? but as you progress in quantity it depresses your mood more. I forget where I read this.

Alcohol has been explained to me, as being a nervous system depressant, rather than a mood depressant. As in, it's a drug that affects your nervous system, slows down reaction time. But i guess it can mess with your mood as well?
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