Alcohol and Your Mental Health | What's It All About?

In this episode of 'What's It All About?' Mary Hogan, who is a psychotherapist, talks about the effects of alcohol and drinking on your mental health.
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[@ramztrl]

The problem as said; once It has a pattern or a cycle, only there it's going to be a solid part of your life, and once in it it becomes hard to control. For instance 3 beers in the weekend is absolutely fine. But there will be a times, hard times where you will fall and try to drink your troubles out. That's where addiction takes place. It's vicious, I hope everyone would quit drinking for good.

[@camillehendricks9819]

I literally have 1 glass of wine and I'm depressed for a couple of days after. I hate this

[@krisonelife9559]

All alcoholic drinks lead to depression, anxiety, suicide and disease, just like all roads in Italy lead to Rome! There are 0 benifits to alcohol to the body and brain. If alcohol was invented today it would be illegal to buy, sell and consume. Alcohol is a drug just like Cocaine or Heroine. Dont be fooled to think they are all different because they are not. We drink alcohol to self medicate. We need to find the route cause to why we consume alcohol and replace it with something healthy and naturally rewarding.

[@damian-795]

That started to happen to me with beer. I have stopped completely now and feel amazing.

[@randomfullywonderful]

It sounds like you should try a different alcoholic beverage. Not more than 1 standard drink. Then see how you react.

[@JoshuaElijahC]

Have you tried cannabis?

[@erenok9073]

@@damian-795 i want to fucking cry because i have the same feeling and dont want to set off alcohol bc i do it like once in 3 months

[@suerrromarat1151]

People need to like this video more...thanks for advice. Really helpful 👍👍

[@zachzahn2567]

Im currently stuck in a loop where i wake up feeling very depressed and I suppose hungover, but the first thing i do is start drinking to make those feelings disappear. And than it happens all over again the next day.

[@marken19]

I'm just 21 and it's so difficult it helps me so much in so many ways but i have to accept reality fk it's difficult

[@Luke-vf6qc]

Thats why I hate alcohol today. Thanks guys

[@xx_wickedmisery_xx8453]

I hope that I can change my ways I've been dependent for about a month I drink about a pint and a half of Fireball everyday my life has gotten worse as I've done it I hope somebody can leave me on the right path because right now I'm headed down a dark one

[@melancholymuse9759]

Read "The easy way to quit drinking" by Allen Carr

[@danieldenton5721]

I drink everyday after work. A cpl beers and cpl shots. I usually don't go over 6 drinks. Some days 3-4. I'm tryna to cut down. I was an alcoholic for 15 years combined with other drugs. The problem I have with your statement. This is construct criticism. Hopefully helps u. U said "u hope somebody leads u down the right path" that Is good and all if u can find someone to help but u have to realize only u can change your life. If u get help from other people. Cool. That's awesome. But U control your life. U are the only one that can change it. Again I drink everyday. I'm trying to quit or at least not drink everyday but I realize its me that has to make the decision to quit. I'm not hoping someone else will come and put me on the right path. It would be nice but I don't see it happening. I have to step up and make different decisions. U need to step up and make different decisions. Don't be waiting on someone to come save u. Most likely its not going to happen. We have to make different decisions. The only person that's going to change your life is u. Everything I just said I also tell myself. Hope things getter better for u. I'm telling u from experience. When u get f*cked up all day everyday things don't get better. They get worse. I don't know how long u have been drinking everyday but the road it leads to is not good.

[@timbo2204]

How are you doing now?

[@jacob2971]

I actually think that, in a small dose, it helps. I was depressed and found that, if i took an ammount of alcool once a week, it helped me find other ways to be happy. The day of the week changed every week. Once i found out THAT way, i never touched alcool. And now, 5 years later, i havent touched it since, just once or twice a year

[@jasoncole7320]

I’ve taken months off and became seriously depressed. When I start drinking again, I’m good at everything I do!! I don’t get it

[@bryanangcos5991]

@@jasoncole7320 we are the same sir. But im just drinking maybe a small amount of whisky every night

[@andrewjudeus6283]

@@jasoncole7320 If you were once a heavy drinker, alcohol will rewire every chemical in your brain, and sometimes it can take months for your serotonin, dopamine, and other chemicals to recalibrate themselves; same thing happens to drug addicts and so on. Also, you could have an underlying mental health condition like depression or anxiety.

[@solomonbalogun6545]

Sad,angry,depressed,anxious or aggressive....

[@stkenno8758]

I’m 44. I’ve been drinking heavily since I was 12. Pretty much everyday and definitely every single weekend. The last two years the anxiety and depression has gotten almost to the point of suicide, past the point of contemplation and not far from the point of execution. I do , however, have a highly skilled job, a lovely home and beautiful kids(I am , of course single due to putting the pub first) . I’m what’s called a functioning alcoholic but the facade can’t last much longer. I need help, no idea how to do it tho.

[@danrudge5443]

I can relate to this.. happy to email if you want.. I'm trying from today to go without alcohol... not sure if you can private message me your email address on here? Only if you want to..

[@stkenno8758]

@@danrudge5443 hi Dan, I’m actually sorry if you’re in the same predicament as me! Thanks for reaching out mate. I don’t think it’s possible to exchange emails on here , I would if possible tho.

[@danrudge5443]

@@stkenno8758 we definitely have similarities in terms of kids and jobs and feeling as though we are "functioning".

[@danrudge5443]

Hope you are doing ok @st kenno

[@stkenno8758]

@@danrudge5443 hi Dan , I’m ok thanks . Went on a massive booze bender on the weekend again and only just feeling myself again. Same mistakes again, just different weekend .

[@Artman1]

One thing i've noticed is people that drink a lot are often the angriest people i know. What i want to know is does the alcohol cause the anger or does anger cause the drinking?

[@ashleytkl3036]

Lets just say it goes both ways. You might be seeing many angry drunk. But it isn't anger but emotions itself. It may be sadness, disappointment, hurt, fear.. that is why some drunks cry and some open up and talk too much and others act in oppose to their norm behaviour. Drink in an attempt to drown whatever it is they are suffering personally and most times end up magnifying the matter or add more stress to it or create whole new problems.

[@Luke-vf6qc]

Very true. Alcohol multiplies the anxiety and stressful life. Its best to stop drinking while we still can and live healthy

[@KA-eu9sy]

Alcohol is a depressant. It causes your overall state of mind to spiral downwards. Once down, inability to express sadness means one's negative emotions will be channelled into anger. Does that make sense?

[@younghustlevasquez251]

How to get the affect out my body

[@martincoleman3383]

So many methods to give it up and get back that valuable sense of feeling alive. Countless solutions are out there, and plenty of people have benefited from them. Maybe try go'ogling something such as Steffon Barkload's homepagw, or whatever else that fits you personally.

[@fishxutopia_]

funny how it is opposite for me sometimes

[@moderndaysurvivor91]

I had a 3 yr break after binging on each weekend but now I find if I just have up to two neat shots of vodka I don't feel anything the next day. Also I add magnesium so I tend to miss the negatives.

[@Saleeejdbidn]

I drink twice a month and when I do, I drink heavily to the point where I get aggressive and say things that I do not mean. I really want to cut back or quit, but it’s very hard for me. Any advice?

[@ant0515]

Substance abuse classes

[@nature1272]

The only way to help an alcoholicer is to stop helping them. They must help themselves.

[@KA-eu9sy]

Alcohol is a depressant. If you are depressed, very depressed, or close to contemplating suicide, consider quitting alcohol. For life.

[@marimarsilva4629]

Good advice I think I became addicted because I started drinking when I was suicidal

[@MrDjordje25]

I actually stopped drinking and I dont miss it.

[@assassinshadowe]

if i will shit or i had a heavy day i have a drink and its fine so yeah "i'm all right"

[@mikeypricionero5344]

Ho I liked your video i am from honduras this isin latonoamerica i usualy spend whole time anxiety after drink so i fell like dead is near i hope someone else got like this acttualy a fell like this

[@TheArtsvk]

Calmless sleeping? Nervous 2 days after drinking? Strange thought? Yes, same here...

[@niallrothery7439]

I drink to solve my problems but there still there the next day, just amplified so another drink and then another. Ah the viscious cycle continues

[@xlyza2223]

damn.... im to far gone ig...,

[@mtwata]

That's exactly why I don't drink alcohol. I just do coc@ine instead. (just kidding, kids, it's a joke)

[@pedersteenberg2010]

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