Does Alchohol make you depressed?

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I don't enjoy the effects of alcohol. It makes me feel sick to my stomach and sleepy. Usually if you are drinking socially then others are drinking around you as well. Drunk people, I find, can be intimidating and unpredictable. I don't see myself drinking ever again.

I drink socially, but if I have too much and I just sit on the couch doing nothing and feeling depressed.

Usually, if I'm mildly down and drink I will feel a little less depressed. However, some nights I've noticed that alcohol actually makes me depressed (emotionally), and the more I drink the worse it gets. I don't know what the deciding factor is but it does happen sometimes. Overall though, I can't say that I find the effects of alcohol anything great, even at their most euphoric moments (usually after drinking quickly rather than sip by sip).

If I'm with a large group of friends that I haven't seen in a while and get drunk, I'm usually very excited and have a good time.

If I'm with some old friends, and there aren't that many off us, and we're in a quiet place, I tend to get very depressed and unhappy. I'm pretty sure they can all notice it, so I try and avoid drinking these days.

Now, I dont drink - I let other drunks insult me and try to make me depressed - Although, I wont actually let it work

I tend to get alot more social.
It doesn't really make me depressed.
It's more likely i wil become happy due to it.

It also tends to make me feel my true feelings inside.
Even though alot of them aren't accepted in society.

I cannot drink wine at dinner, because it makes me so sleepy.

I like alcohol a lot, I feel very relaxed when drunk.

I don't drink very often but when I do,I drink alot...like 64 or more ounces of beer and 8 ounces of vodka.

I feel like total crap for about 2 days.

Four pints of beer? You're a lightweight, mate. I wouldn't mix beer with vodka. I've done that and quickly wished that I hadn't.

Alcohol has never made me depressed many other things but not depressed usually it just makes me fall asleep.

It's funny you'd mention that. I don't feel particularly 'depressed' but I can say that just as of recently and only as of recently when I drink and if I'm on the computer and things are quiet around here - I seriously feel like just quitting whatever it is I'm doing and taking a nap. Used to be that it would just energize me and get me more into whatever it was that I was doing. This might just be a momentary or seasonal effect, I'd like to think so, but I'm not really sure.

I can't touch anything that contains alcohol. Maybe I could if I really tried, but I don't feel the need.

Alcohol is in my view a flavor enhancer like salt in food, So I only drink alcohol for the taste but I am fussy about the taste of beer and I prefer a good quality ale or pilsener like from James Squire or Cascade Premium Lager. But I hate the feeling of being drunk as my gross motor functions and speech arpraxia is already bad enough without doing that to myself.