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Sometimes alcoholism masks other disorders, sometimes not.

Either way, the alcoholism is enough to wreck the kids.

Have you got anything in mind as far as self improvement goals? You're over 18, so jumping up and down about your asshole mother won't get you much now. Family counselling or w/e might have been an option when you were younger. But... meh. Also, it's not really doable now that you're an adult. 

Is there smthg you want to do with your life? 

(besides being an adorable twinkie and making Mama X lactate all over her fee fees ;))

I always keep control of my drinking, and it's always worse after a month sober. Alcohol reduce the rate at which you brain gets rid of dopamine.

Have you tried getting angry to reduce stress? Anger decreases cortisol so this is why I'm asking.

Alcohol's a downer. It technically enables and strengthens elements of depression. Stress though... that depends on how much cleanup you have to do on the following day.

In all seriousness, it also makes stress potentially worse. Hangover symptoms make life heavier and lethargy makes for lowered stress tolerance. Not getting things done and being more subject to whim can make for future-farming of stress as well.

alcohol is a great medication for stress and sadness

Fiiiiiiiine.

Alcohol is often used by many disorders as a form of self-medicating, and many disorders have as a symptom a reduction of inhibition. With how readily available that it is, it's no mystery why alcohol consumption would piggie-back disorder, and from seeing the consumption of it it's easy to assume it must be the liquor that's the sole cause if they aren't as used to watching them sober.

It doesn't help that alcohol itself reduces inhibition, in effect enabling if not strengthening symptoms in many cases. What would normally be a person trying to hide their traits instead becomes a drunken showboating of them.

What? I said pls and thx  :P

The best thing about having bad parents like this, is that they're so shitty they make really good examples of what not to be in life and typically cover most of the bases when it comes to making bad decisions. All you have to do is avoid those behaviors now that you're familiar and you'll be default be that much better off. 

I always saw annoyed as the lesser angry, both being points on the same spectrum.

I cant find a source to back it up.