coping mechanisms

Sorry for my english on this one
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I cut. That's my main mechanism.
But when I try not to cut, I end up doing things much worse. They work, the numb me, but when the depression kicks in, it's really bad.
I fuck and I drink. 
That's how deal with stuff if I don't cut.
Me and my also fucked up neighbor have sex everytime we feel depressed (which means everyday). He has a girlfriend (whom, to make everything "better", is also called fernanda). It's really sad for both of us. Sometimes he cries after and talks a lot. I just listen.
It's good when we're doing it. I get numb, I don't really think about anything or feel anything other than his body, but afterwards I feel disgusted at myself.
I also drink A LOT. I'm not an alcoholic, because when I feel like I'm drinking too much, I'm always able to stop and just drink again after I regain some balance in life. And I also don't drink every day (I go to college and I have an internship, so I can't get drunk during the week), but I drink in volume.
 Of course, none of these methods work like cutting and I also think they're much worse than cutting.
So I question myself once again: How bad cutting really is?