How Alcohol Causes Depression
January 25, 2010 by admin
Filed under Depression
If you are hitting the bottle now and then, it is likely you will also be suffering from Alcohol depression. This is indeed a very serious matter; it should not be your lifestyle. Though you may be able to get out of the depression, and fall back into it, remember you have to consider two important factors – you are abusing alcohol; and you have been disturbed emotionally.
Alcohol Depression leaves you with a feeling of restlessness; you will not have sufficient energy, proper rest or sleep and have a helpless feeling about. First of all you should try to find a solution to this problem. When you are depressed you might seek alcohol again, or find solace in drugs. But both of these will cause more depression. Drugs on the other hand will leave you embittered with so many side effects.
When depressed if you take more alcohol, it can worsen your condition. Remember fist of all you may be suffering from depression due to abuse of alcohol. In this condition if you use more alcohol, it will contribute to the condition in a more marked manner, and thus it should not even be thought of as a remedy, even for a short term.
Alcohol, if used sparingly, may relax you, but if abused depression follows, though mild at the beginning and becoming more intense as time passes. When alcohol is used to come out of a depression, the patient may only be drinking more to find a positive detour. In fact all the problems are here: you tend to indulge, and even before you are aware of it, alcohol due to depressant quality, brings depression in you.
Alcohol clouds judgment, when you lose inhibitions, become aggressive even towards your own self. Therefore alcohol should never be used to curb depression. Studies have pointed out that depression in its acute form can lead to suicidal tendencies.
Alcohol depression is also associated with a number of social maladies, marital problems, leading to many a marriage facing rough waters. Alcohol related depression can result in a number of physical tribulations. Problems may start occurring in liver, and drunkards are known sufferers from liver cirrhosis. Ulcers in the stomach, sexual maladies, heart ailments etc, can all be connected with alcoholism; and it should be understood, that this kind of depression can become a grave psychological disorder.
To get out of this alcohol depression, first identify why you want to drink recklessly. The reasons can be anything, financial or marital. You have to first set these things right. Counseling can help in this direction. Detoxify your system with a simple fruit-based diet to get rid of the tendencies to hit the bottle. Along with the diet, bring an exercise regime, to keep you occupied, and help in your detoxification process. Exercise makes the blood to get away from exciting action center; brining you back to accept suggestions. Yoga also can help because of relaxation it provides.
Don’t depend on alcohol and think that is a kind of living; with positive approaches towards life, good diet and proper exercise, you can overcome alcohol depression.
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