Posted by gman22 on February 2, 2010, at 18:42:37
In reply to Alcohol, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on February 1, 2010, at 18:20:08
I've found that alcohol almost invariably makes me feel better when i am in remission. When depressed it makes me feel horrible. I've only had a few severe depressive episodes (3 in 45 years, all of them less than 6 months duration).
William Styron, the great author, wrote the exact same thing in his memoir of depression "Darkness Visible". Alcohol actually repulsed him during his psychotic depression, even though he loved to drink during the rest of his life.
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