Hey everyone, my name is Terry G. Thanks a lot for stopping by and watching my video. If you can take a second, can you please subscribe to my channel? Can you take another second and smash that like button? I really appreciate it. The name of this channel is an alcohol-free life. That's the name of it. On this channel, we're trying to build awareness and let people know that there is hope in recovery. And there's hope from recovering from this awful disease of alcoholism. If you're thinking on quitting or you're on your journey of recovery, this is the channel for you. If you have any questions, leave it in the comments below. Just leave them in the comments below. And again, thanks a lot for stopping by. Just a little sidebar before I get into the video, is that if you're experiencing any of these things that I'm talking about, the negative things sort of deal, go and see your doctor if you're experiencing long-term. Okay? I am just an alcoholic. I'm not a psychiatrist. A psychologist, a medical doctor. I'm just sharing my experience, strength and hope with other people on YouTube to build awareness. But if you're feeling these feelings, long-term, by all means, go and seek help. Don't take any advice off any YouTube channels. Always see a medical doctor or somebody who specializes in the problem that you're experiencing. Okay? That's just a general awareness thing. I just want to point out before I stop the video. Start the video. I'm not stopping the video. Start the video. And what's this video about? Is it about something that I used to experience a lot of when I drank? And what it was was the feeling of feeling sad after I drank. The next day, I go out on a Saturday night. And the next day, I always felt sad or depressed. And I always thought it was generally the things I did. Sometimes I got drunk, I got in the fight with people. I got dumped by my girlfriend. Some terrible things happened to me while I drank. A lot of terrible things did happen to me in my drinking career. But I always associated that to the way I felt. Like I feel sad and I feel depressed. But there's another reason why we feel sad and depressed. You know, we can't feel those feelings from being such a jerk in our drinking. You know, getting in a fight and that. But there's another reason why we can feel sadness or feeling a depression for maybe a day or two or maybe even three days after we drank. Okay? And the reason is for that is very, very true, what I'm telling you, is that alcohol in itself is a depressant. A lot of us who drink long term often say we feel sad or we feel depressed. And the reason is, if you're a daily drinker like I was, you will probably be in a state of sadness or depression the next day. So for myself, I was always feeling depressed all the time while I drank. And the reason for this is because alcohol is a depressant. It's just simply a depressant. What it does, it affects the happy chemicals in our mind. It really does. And those chemicals are the serotonin, the happy serotonin, and the adorophins in our mind. The alcohol goes to that area in our mind and triggers those areas in a depressant way. So we feel sad and we feel depressed after we drink. Alcohol does that. It could cause people to feel severely depressed and to feel severely sad. So sometimes after we quit drinking, I know for myself, it took a number of days and weeks for me to really start feeling better about life in general. Just physically better, not so depressed, not so heavy, and not so sad. Because the brain had a sort of reset itself, the endorphins, the serotonin, the way I thought, how to reset itself. Because I drank for a long period of time, every day, for many years. So I felt really depressed and really sad after I quit drinking. But that part of my brain, that part of my emotions, I started feeling joy, I started feeling happiness again, and I even started to laugh after a few weeks of being sober. I really did. I hadn't started going to meetings, hanging around guys, and things started to reset itself, and that feeling of sadness, that feeling of depression left me over time, and it'll do the same for you. But like I said in the beginning of this video, if you're experienced depression or sadness, for long periods of time after drinking, after stopping drinking, you might want to go and seek medical help. Okay, you might want to do that because it will help you. Not all of it is related to our drinking. A lot of times people drink because of underlying problems, such as anxiety, depression, past traumas. So go and seek some help, okay. Don't take this video as gospel, but you will feel better once you quit drinking. And the reason you feel sad and depressed is direct result from the alcohol. It plays around with our mind, it screws up our mind, it really, really does. Okay, thanks a lot for stopping by. I hope you found this video helpful. And if you did, leave a comment below and let me know that. Let me know that. If there's any topics that you want me to talk about, let me know that too. But all is, have a great day of your sobriety. If you alcohol is harming you, quick drinking, one day to time. Give it some try. Give it a try, okay. Because there's a great life after sobriety. They're rubbing after drinking. There's a great life. There really, really is, okay. My name is Terry G. This is an alcohol-free life channel. We're related to live sober one day to time. Just remember, together we are strong. Together we can stay sober much, much easier, okay. I'll see you next week. Thanks a lot for stopping by. Stay safe. Stay sober. God bless over and out. Ciao for now.