Why does alcohol make stress and depression “go away” almost instantly but is making it worse in the long run?
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A lot of people are going to talk about brain chemistry etc, but this misses the point that a lot of causes of depression and stress in the modern world are external. People are often stressed about a project at work they are responsible for, but don’t have any real control over. People are often depressed about things like not having enough money or living in an unpleasant house. Alcohol makes it hard to hold these idea in your head, and easy to forget the.
Alcohol does nothing to help you solve these problems. If you’re depressed that your call centre job doesn’t earn you enough money to move out from your parents place, drinking in the evening will make you forget / not care about that problem while you are drunk. However it will not solve the problem, and if anything make the situation worse, causing the depression to get worse in the long run.
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