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Originally Posted by bjtds3
Hi everybody--
I am a 24-yr old woman and I suffer from anxiety. I haven't been in therapy in awhile but I am currently drinking excessively. Every day. Some days all I do is sit at home and drink. I do this because every time I start to feel anxious or start to have a panic attack, alcohol helps. But then when it wears off I feel worse, and I get anxious again, so I drink again to suppress the anxiety. I was wondering if I get my anxiety under control if I will be able to control my drinking? Has this happened to anyone?  |
I had to stop my drinking before I could get my bearings on my anxiety...
because after a while I forgot what came first...was it the anxiety then have alot to drink?....or was it the drinking alot giving me the anxiety?
I'm pretty sure I drank first up to get some relief from the anxiety...but then it's suddenly in the future somewhere and I'm lost and simply have to have the drink!
....yeah...I stopped the drinking first to deal with the anxiety which is still here but not so lethal.
I hope you will be ok....I get where you are at completely.
