I was just wondering if any of you here ever use alcohol to relieve the symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic, OCD or whatever you have...maybe even in small amounts or once every other day or so. I'm not talking about drinking away your worries or being an alcoholic...I'm talking about the therapeutic use of alcohol in small amounts to treat your symptoms or perhaps even help you sleep.

Alcohol taken in reasonable amounts, is'nt so bad and a number of studies suggest a few drinks may do you a world of good and help you live longer. People cook with it, most of the country has a beer once in awhile and a few people have a drink after work just to relax and wind down. It's only when you take it too far and chug down a case of beer each day or drown yourself in a bottle of scotch that it becomes a problem. I worked for a guy from India once who drank one bottle of beer each nite before he closed down the shop and he told me that in India, they give beer out as medicine and sell it in the medicine shops.

So anyone here currently drinking at all, what kind, how much, how often and how are you doing on it?...if you don't mind sharing