I wouldn't really recommend alcohol as a solution to your problems, unless your problems are purely endurance-based. If they'll blow over by the following morning and you just need to get through the night, go ahead, as long as you don't make a habit of it. Unhealthy stuff to be having routinely, in the quantities that make your problems go away. It'd likely make those problems worse, in the long run.
Yeah, that's another thing. Better not depend on substances too much. But on the other hand, yeah, it's nothing actually major, nobody died or anything, it's just that my mother seems to think driving me to a mental breakdown is perfectly valid response to confiding in her with any problem, and a fine example of parenting.
Want to know something? Mothers have the special 'Nag' ability. Unfortunately some simply take it as 'Where did I go wrong with you' rather than look at the problem being in them.
Mind you, the Rational Adult faults
himself first, and
others later. However, shifting the blame is something everyone does. Solution to the problem is generally looking at it from the outside. My mother's a genius in tearing apart my self-esteem, but I'm a tough bastard born to conquer the world, so I build it back up the moment she tears it down.
The trick is letting the thing rest for a day or two. Your brain will
automatically come up with enough excuses to bring your mood back up to full power, or outright push the nasty thought at the back of your mind.
Humans aren't made to be depressed, and they aren't made to be cheerful. They're made to be durable.
Grit your teeth and march on, you'll soon feel better.
Another thing is simply screaming your anger out in the middle of nowhere.
That works miracles too.