Alcohol is a depressant, which means it slows the function of the central nervous system. Alcohol actually blocks some of the messages trying to get to the brain.This alters a person's perceptions, emotions, movement, vision, and hearing...I'm also an extremely tense person, and the only time I can truly relax is when I'm drinking. So if alcohol can relax me, and give me a little bit of... show more I'm suffering from depression, and the only time that I can feel somewhat happy is when I'm drowning myself in a bottle of some sort of alcohol.
Jennifer Esposito Leaves 'Blue Bloods,' Blasts CBS for 'Absolutely Shameful Behavior'. Larry Busacca/Getty Images. The actress criticizes the network for not giving the full details on her departure from the police procedural. Jennifer Esposito is taking issue with CBS' stance on her departure from the police procedural Blue Bloods.
''I am so not Dr. Melfi,'' she told the audience of analysts. Yet to the analysts she is Dr. Melfi. And the meeting last week was their chance to sort out their feelings about her. A few clips were screened. One showed Dr. Melfi shortly after she was raped in a parking garage. She tells her own therapist about having a dream of a vicious dog attacking the rapist and of her wish to have Tony Soprano kill him. The other clip showed the long-legged Dr. Melfi skillfully parrying Tony Soprano's attempt to kiss her. For a brief moment, it seems as if she will fall for Tony the way Ms. Streisand's character went for Mr. Nolte's.