Rather than beginning your sober life drained and dazed from a week of feeling ill, you can already be getting on your feet. Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant that affects your brain. When you quit drinking or wean …

Everyone feels blue or down from time to time, and people often say that they feel “depressed” during these temporary bouts of sadness. But clinical depression isn’t just a matter of feeling the occasional ups and downs or periodic sadness …