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Alcohol Depression after 2 Weeks (low dose) and one day (high dose) of alcohol?

Kahuna

Kahuna

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Hi.

Short story:
I drank 2 to 3 Beers (each 500ml) every day for the last 2 or 3 weeks.
On Saturday i went out with a good friend. We had a lot of fun from 8pm to 4am.
In this period of time i drank about 6 to 7 liters(!) beer.
I think you can imagine how i woke ab. Headache, nausea and so on...
Typical hangover but my mental state was fine. We had a funny chat about the things that happened on Saturday night.
I had the last dose of alc on Sunday 4am.

On day 4 after drinking the physical hangover is over but i am VERY depressed.
Almost cried. Depression started yesterday in the morning.
Does someone has similar experiences?

Do you think it is caused by the alcohol?
I never thought it can hit you that hard after that short period of time.
Maybe it was caused by the massive amount on Saturday?


Sorry for bad English. It is not my native language.
 
I try...
I want to do a long break now.
Problem is: alcohol is socially accepted.
It is almost everywhere... Can't remember a BBQ party without beer.
 
Thats no excuse. It requires a tremendous amount of self control not to drink when its everywhere but you have to say no. Sounds like youre well on your way to alcoholism, 1500 ml of beer everyday and 7 or 8 liters on the weekend. The behavior is already there.

I started off at roughly a liter of beer a day and now I need 750ml of vodka just to get through the day. I blackout all the time and do stupid shit. Some of family and my neighbors especially dont like me because of my alcoholic behavior. I live in fear of seizures when I run out of booze and cant afford more. Im a shaky mess without it and I look like a dude in his 20s with Parkinsons. Even without alcohol in my system my equilibrium or motor system is shot and I walk like Im a little bit drunk, always. I literally walk better with 3 shots in me, sober Im a bit off. Its truly sad and I am ashamed of myself. Even with drinks in me I feel te withdrawals just waiting to hit. It all started with a liter of beer on nigts and a few liters on the weekend like you.

Please dont let this happen to you. Nobody ever says "Well Im gonna become an alcoholic." We all think we have everything under control until its too late. Please dont let it become too late. This is a pathetic state of misery, yet I cant stop... :(

BTW the depression was from the booze. Itll do that to you. A lot.
 
Alcohol is socially accepted because it's legal, you shouldn't feel obligated to drink because others do. Refrain from drinking during BBQ parties, I'm sure people will respect your choice if you really are determined.
 
Thank you for telling your story dankplantgrower. I appreciate the input.
I really do not want to get to this point. I wish you lots of strength.

Just for the record:
I feel really content today.
Took me about 5 days without booze to feel 'normal' again.
 
Booze is just like any other drug working on GABA. And like other GABAergics you want to limit your use to twice a week, and never get in the habit of drinking in the mornings. Once you start drinking in the mornings, its game over for you, you will become an alcoholic at that point. Just respect booze for what it is, it's a psychoactive drug, not green tea.
 
Yes is the short answer to your question regarding alcohol and your depressed state. Alcohol, like every other substance, effects each person differently.

For the first 2 years of drinking as a teenager, I never got hangovers. I could drink half a bottle of vodka and still be okay in the morning, aside from feeling just a little bit "off" and not myself. This didn't last forever though. As I continued drinking heavily on an occasional basis (once or twice a week), I did begin to get hangovers, and they seemed to grow in intensity as time progressed. The timeline of my drinking seemed to have more of an impact on hangovers than even the volume I consumed the previous night. These episodes would get especially intense when I would binge: 1 month straight of drinking about a fifth of whiskey a day for example.

Nowadays, if I get a bad hangover, I am most definitely depressed. The depression, ime, is a lot like the variety caused by stimulant use. I feel regret for what I did the previous night. My actions, the theoretical harm done to my body etc. would cause me to feel depressed. On the bright side though, the effects of alcohol seem to be pretty transient as long as you are not consuming heavy amounts (which you are not) over long periods of time. It will most likely pass.
 
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