first off my gigantic panic attacks stopped when i stopped drinking. my anxiety went away too. except i may have now normal anxiety that everyone gets from time to time. the more frequent anxiety you have is probably a result of drinking tho you say your drinking is not frequent. i used to drink more when i was anxiety ridden. i thought i was just nervous and a drink would calm me. this was my alcoholism calling me, driving me to drink.
also it isn't how often we drink but what effect we are seeking when we drink. what takes place when booze hits our lips. once this happens we are out of control. we aren't dictating the result, alcohol is.
there is a term also called binge drinking. one doesn't drink every day, there are spaces in time where one doesn't drink but when they do it's off to a destructive race.
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Question: What Are the Symptoms of an Alcohol Problem?
Answer: Certain behaviors are known to be possible early signs of an alcohol problem. These include any established pattern of drinking, such as heavy regular alcohol consumption and/or frequent intoxication, which poses a high risk of future damage to physical or mental health and which places the drinker at risk of accidents, arrests, poor job performance or other social problems. Alcohol dependence, sometimes referred to as alcoholism , is the most severe type of alcohol problem and is characterized by three of seven symptoms experienced during a one year time period..
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/faq/f/prob_faq3.htm
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do you have 3 of these symptoms?
just your posting your concern here is a red light, imo. you may have alcohol dependance or have crossed that line into being an alcoholic. but only you tho can qualify yourself.
i am glad you are questioning your drinking.
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