Drinking to drink is fun because you are in a happy mood. Drinking while depressed is just asking for the drunkenness to drown you in your sorrow. Drinking to drink is easy because you don't have to worry about what anyone else thinks. Drinking while depressed is basically strapping yourself to a rocket and hoping not to die. Drinking to drink everything is light and bubbly. Drinking while depressed is diving into the drunkenness and hoping it does **** you. Drinking to drink is joyful and lighthearted. Drinking while depressed is hoping the reality fades as you drink yourself into insanity.
I know the difference because I have lived it. Tonight I only drank to drink. Not to drink while depressed. My life is much better. And I have Ken out of my life.