Drinking alcohol is like pouring gasoline on your anxiety and depression. For me, it all started out innocent — just wanting to have fun in college, drinking with friends. But over the years it spiraled. I couldn’t stop at one or two drinks. I couldn’t even sit down to drink anything without having six or seven. And as the drinking got worse, so did my anxiety and depression. It got so dark at one point, I honestly didn’t want to be around anymore. The turning point came when I saw a brain scan