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2018-12-23 03:32 50004269 Anonymous (received_2393281870697890.png 415x423 115kB)
If alcohol is a depressant, why is it so good for treating depression?
5 min later 50004348 Anonymous
>>50004269
How did it treat your depression?
6 min later 50004362 Anonymous
>>50004348
By altering my consciousness in such a way that I don't have to deal with it.
7 min later 50004368 Anonymous
>>50004362
So you are drunk 24/7?
8 min later 50004382 Anonymous
>>50004368
As often as I can be if I'm not working.
9 min later 50004392 Anonymous
>>50004382
If it cured your depression you would have to drink it anymore.
29 min later 50004651 Anonymous
>>50004392
Not so much a cure as a long term band-aid.
31 min later 50004672 Anonymous
>>50004269
It's like treating a meth addiction with meth. You're temporarily making it go away, but it's going to get worse.
42 min later 50004807 Anonymous
>>50004269
central nervous system depressant =/= mood depressant
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