It's kind of funny that we talk about numbing or masking our depression with alcohol, because it ultimately accentuates depression - at least it did for me.
By the time I discovered that, though, I seemed to have to get drunk every day and I didn't know how to stop.
But then, I had an epiphany - maybe I should ask for help.
I did, I got help and I have tried to do what they told me to do in treatment and it's worked ever since.