My boomer mom when it comes to anxiety/depression: Back when we were young that wasn't even a thing!
Also my mom talking about alcoholism during that time: Oh yeah half my colleagues were alcoholics that never fully recovered from it but only 2 or 3 drank themselves to death.
I realize it’s just a joke, but from someone whose hangovers were so bad, I literally almost killed myself, I don’t recommend alcohol as medication. Fortunately I’m five years sober and been in therapy since my last drink, so there's that in case anyone needed to hear it
14 Comments
earphone843@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 1y
Alcohol really is one of the best anti anxiety drugs on the planet. But, the side effects aren't worth it in the long run.
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 1y
I've never been an alcoholic, but for a long time I felt like slightly drunk me was a better and happier me.
Turns out anxiety meds also make me a better me.
Glad I didn't embrace drink me more.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Yeah you don't want all this
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
One of the side effects is anxiety
shplane@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
As Homer Simpson says; it’s the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems
justsomeguy@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
My boomer mom when it comes to anxiety/depression: Back when we were young that wasn't even a thing!
Also my mom talking about alcoholism during that time: Oh yeah half my colleagues were alcoholics that never fully recovered from it but only 2 or 3 drank themselves to death.
LittleBorat3@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
"Only my sister drank herself to death but fuck her I guess" "Moral failure, did she try not doing that?"
tonytins@pawb.social · 14 pts · 1y
Centuries of drinking alcohol before we finally invented water filtration have really messed up our species.
shplane@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
I realize it’s just a joke, but from someone whose hangovers were so bad, I literally almost killed myself, I don’t recommend alcohol as medication. Fortunately I’m five years sober and been in therapy since my last drink, so there's that in case anyone needed to hear it
MeisterLemmpe@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 1y
I mean, in a sense. Alcohol is an anxiety inducing medication... Unless you never stop drinking
Konstant@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
MeisterLemmpe@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 1y
Surpressing while you drink, inducing when you stop
synapse1278@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Jägermeister was invented as a remedy against cold. But it turned out to be a cure for dignity.
Zacryon@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
No, but it's a first class carcinogenic.
vale@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
nebulaone@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y