Originally Posted by
kittycat3 
If you have mental health issues its not just what happens right after you use, the substances continue to impact your mental state even after your blood alcohol content returns to normal. I know this myself, I feel really down the day or even two days after drinking. It's imperative you completely eliminate alcohol from your diet to help your mental state!
I got rid of alcohol for health reasons. I started experiencing some major problems, so hopefully my symptoms clear up as healing progresses. I've only been drinking chronically for 11 months, but I did a lot of damage during that time. I agree though, substance abuse made things a lot worse for me.