Nearly 9 out of 10 people consume alcohol. For many people alcohol becomes part of their culture and they feel comfortable when they drink. Drinking limitedly doesn’t cause any health issues. When a person depends totally on alcohol that will lead to various health complications.

Connection between Depression and Alcohol:

A person drinks regularly may feel depressed or he may drink regularly to relieve the anxiety or depression caused due to external factors. This is because alcohol affects the brain thus increases the depression. A person feels a cycle of waking up feeling sick, guilty and anxious due to hang over. Drinking affects relationship with others.

Young people drink alcohol to have fun, during social parties and because of their peer influence. Slowly the young people get addicted to alcohol, because they enjoy the effects produced by it, they start to drink on a regular basis. It was studied that alcohol makes them to feel more depressed leads to increased rates of suicides among the younger age group. In older persons alcohol leads to excess fat deposition in major organs brain, muscles and liver.  Excess alcohol affects the brain cells.

Some of the symptoms associated with drinking heavily or continuously are feeling frustrated and angry, fear, very anxious, hyper active, talkative, suicidal attempt, affects the relationship within the family as well as among friends group, memory problem, feel sleepy, sick or dizzy, find trouble at work place and have low self respect among others.

People feel better within a few weeks of stopping alcohol.  It is better to take measures to stop alcohol and then concentrate on taking steps to cope up depression. If depression persists even after stop drinking, you may need a help from a counselor. Some medications like antidepressant medicines like Bupropion are given to control the adverse effects of depression.