Drinking Your Way to Unhappiness

Heavy drinking might feel like a quick fix for stress or a way to lift your mood, but it can actually make anxiety and depression worse in the long run. Alcohol messes with your brain chemistry, including the levels of serotonin (the “feel-good” chemical). When you drink a lot, it throws off these chemicals, and instead of relieving anxiety, it often leads to feeling even more anxious or down when the buzz fades. This is the ‘Hangxiety’ that so many people feel a day or two after. Annoying isn’t it? (When the aim was to cheer ourselves up).

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