The question is all contained in the title. I see how alcohol is a depressant when one is in a bad mood. But if one is feeling happy or silly or excited, or at least you’re open to feeling that way, how is it that alcohol can enhance that, if it’s a depressant?
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You might want to learn the actual definition of “depressant”. Depressant does not mean “it makes you depressed”.
Depressant is the opposite of stimulant. A stimulant is a drug which increases a given body function. So the opposite would be a drug that decreases a function.
The actual word used for a drug that makes you depressed is “depressogenic”. Which is the actual opposite of antidepressant drugs.
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