Do you wake up after drinking filled with anxiety, hangxiety, and depression?
Alcohol does not calm the mind. It hijacks it. Each drink lowers serotonin, disrupts sleep, inflames the brain, and pushes you deeper into sadness and despair. The more you drink, the worse you feel. The worse you feel, the more you drink. This is the alcohol and depression cycle.
Drunk and Depressed: Break the Alcohol and Depression Cycle, Relieve Hangxiety, and Quit Drinking is a raw and practical guide to breaking free. Written by POP Buchanan, author, sober coach, and founder of the Sober Is Dope movement, this book combines science, faith, and lived experience to help you stop the spiral and reclaim your peace.
Inside this book, you will learn:
- Why drinking makes you sad by lowering serotonin and hijacking your mood
- Why depression drives more drinking and how to stop the endless loop
- How the nervous system is thrown into chaos by alcohol and withdrawal
- The alcohol and depression feedback loop that traps millions in pain
- How neuroinflammation and brain fog keep you stuck in a low state
- The stress hormone connection and why anxiety spikes after drinking
- Why alcohol disrupts sleep and leaves you restless, panicked, and exhausted
- How dopamine and serotonin imbalances destroy motivation and joy
- How to break the cycle and find sobriety step by step
- What to expect in early sobriety and how to face emotional storms with strength
- How to heal the nervous system so you can feel calm and stable again
- How to build new dopamine pathways that support motivation and happiness
- Why treating alcohol and depression together is essential for lasting change
- The hope of complete healing and what recovery really feels like
- A practical toolkit including a daily checklist, sunlight and vitamin D strategies, and proven ways to cope with seasonal depression
- The 30 Day Depression Reset to lift mood naturally
- The 30 Day Sobriety Reset to build a strong recovery foundation
This is more than another sobriety book. It is a survival guide for anyone who feels trapped by alcohol, anxiety, and depression.
Sobriety is not punishment. Sobriety is freedom.
Depression is not forever. It is treatable.
Anxiety is not permanent. It can be healed.
If you are tired of being drunk, anxious, and depressed, this book will help you break the cycle, restore balance, and reclaim your life.
