You might want to talk to your psychiatrist again and this time be honest about the drinking. I started taking Lexapro 2 months into sobriety but it made me miserable, so months later I eventually adapted well to EffexorXR, and am glad to say that I'm off that now too. Try to remember that every person will have a different experience with medications like that. As far as common knowledge, I never had a panic or anxiety attack until I was sober so can't really say it's true or not.