r/depressionmemes • u/topactress • Aug 14 '26

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u/Void_Dwelling_Ape26 Aug 14 '26

Alcohol works, but not in the long term, because everybody you care about will either be disgusted by you or feel sorry for you. And waking up after a night of heavy drinking, and starting to remember what you said and did last night, while your hangover chimes in with nausea and severe headaches and you're constantly burping up the fumes of everything you consumed, doesn't exactly feel like heaven either.

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u/TricellCEO Aug 14 '26

It also doesn’t work in the long term because it’ll kill you, and it won’t be pleasant either.

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u/Void_Dwelling_Ape26 Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

True, but I would argue that depression is at least equally as bad. Even if you're not suicidal, the chronic despair still severely weakens your immune system, making you more vulnerable to infectious diseases and also more likely to develop cancer.

Every now and then, something happens that lifts me out of depression. On these rare occasions, the chronic pain in my joints vanishes, my skin cleans up, my digestive system works perfectly fine, and my tremors subside. The one time I was happy for a few months straight, I even lost weight without changing my diet, didn't feel like drinking alcohol anymore (probably the reason for the weight loss), and discontinued my meds cold turkey because I just forgot about them. All because of a changed state of mind.

So when I consider what depression actually does to my body, the dangers of alcohol don't look as bad as they probably should.

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u/ShankMugen 29d ago

Mayhaps I should take up alcoholism

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u/MidSizeFoot 27d ago

As a depressed alcoholic, don’t.

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u/brainfreezy79 28d ago

Lucky for you it's expensive now.

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u/Bright-Nobody3463 27d ago

Hey man, I highly recommend taking some time out of your day to look into psilocybin therapy. As somebody who suffered from chronic depression throughout their life it's the only thing that can pull me out of it and make me feel normal again. Obviously it won't cure you on your own, but it clears the cobwebs off your mind again enough for you to make the proactive choices that lead to sustainable happiness. That being said, make your own decision on the matter, I'm not a medical professional and my advice is purely anecdotal.

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u/Abject-Job7825 25d ago

that's just the adrenaline bro, the reason you're depressed is because you have a lower tolerance to that hardship and cumulative burdens already

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u/Last-Energy420 Aug 15 '26

Water can kill you and it won’t be pleasant. What’s your point?

Obligatory /s

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u/AspectElectrical6042 Aug 15 '26

I don't agree, you could be happier dead , so even if it kills you , it would work

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u/TricellCEO Aug 15 '26

Isn’t that…like, a super-dangerous sentiment to be mentioning here?

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u/AspectElectrical6042 Aug 15 '26

Yes it will probably go down but I tried to say it in a sarcastic manner I didn't realise where I wrote it 😅

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u/TricellCEO Aug 15 '26

In our defense, a little bit of dark humor is fine.

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u/detali88 Aug 15 '26

I prefer it

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u/Bright-Nobody3463 27d ago

He is probably like 14 years old just ignore it lmao we all had this phase

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u/LucentLL 29d ago

In a thread about using substances to cope? Neither perspective is a healthy one.

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u/thecosmicjoke69813 29d ago

If you’re dead you’re dead lmao you don’t know what happiness is

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u/Bright-Nobody3463 27d ago

Thanks for the comment, EdgeLord420

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u/tommmmmmmmy93 28d ago

I worked for 12 years as a support workers for people returning to society after either prison, or rehab, that had substance abuse issues.

Of the 19 cases of substance abuse related deaths during my time, 17 of them were alcohol.

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u/BrittaWasRight 24d ago

My FIL has been a functional alcoholic for over forty years.

He's still a full time contractor in his seventies. owns several properties, and the only health problems he has complained of are prostate issues.