Alcohol and Stress

This is Meaghan Delahunty
I knew that last week was going to be rough. Between school, organizations I’m in, family, and friends, I knew my stress level was going to be accelerated. So after what seemed like a grueling three days with nonstop phone calls, readings, and meetings, I decided to treat myself to a night out. What started as, “I’m not going to drink too much because I am too tired” quickly turned into me not remembering how I ended in my room luckily with all my belongings. I thought that having a few drinks would make me feel so much better about my stress and where it helped for about 4 hours, the next 48 didn’t seem quite worth it.
I woke up Thursday morning knowing I was going to have a rough day. I could barely eat anything and I felt so miserable all day. I couldn’t go to class and ended up doing nothing all day. This put me even more behind then I was before and it for sure didn’t help any of my real problems that I had faced earlier that week. So was it worth it?
Why do people feel the need to drink if they are stressed? While it only satisfies a temporary satisfaction and relief, it can also leave you even more stressed then you were originally with a terrible hangover. This is something that everyone knows and yet people still continue to do it. I guess it’s just one of those things that the good is worth all the bad that follows.