There’s a lot of information and references to alcohol being a depressant as it depresses the central nervous system. However, there’s not much info about it from that point on and on some level, it seems the connection to depression as mental health issue, at least based on cheap internet articles, is based on the use of the term ‘depressed’.
I understand why alcohol is not helpful on a practical level, but many imply that it will make you depressed or exacerbate on a physiological level.
Can anyone help explain this better?
Edited for clarity.
In: Biology
Alcohol depresses basic functions, hence slurred speech and stumbling. Basically doing anything while intoxicated becomes more difficult.
I’ve never experienced depression though, I’m told I’m the happy drunk. I did learn how to to say the alphabet backwards just in case.
Edit for context: I **do not** drink and drive. My town has an ordnance that enforces against being drunk in public. So, someone just walking home after a few drinks is enough to warrant “public intoxication”. I frequently see police cars idling near bars (which, I think is entrapment but whatever).
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