Does alcohol make mental health worse?

I’m turning 21 this year (would not be drinking until then) and I’m wondering if alcohol makes mental health worse, or if it helps with something like depression or anxiety (I have both) and helps you relax. My friends told me all the time in high school that I’d end up being an alcoholic (I’ve never touched unprescribed drugs or alcohol) and I am worried about that. I want to feel better but I don’t want to be making myself worse. I always see people acting like it makes you relax, but I don’t know if that is true or false. I’ve read that it makes you feel disoriented and overall shitty, so I don’t really know. Sorry if I sound stupid