Welcome Grizzlee. I found alcohol so attractive in the beginning because it relieved, temporarily, the anxiety I am prone to. Hell I found it so attractive I let it half kill me!
On a slightly more serious note, (though that was actually serious) - booze does temporarily relieve anxiety. However it also has the effect of increasing anxiety levels as you become more dependent on it. That in turn can result in increasing the amount you drink in order to reduce the anxiety caused in the first place by too much consumption. And so starts the vicious circle that some of us get into.
At three weeks sober my anxiety levels have already dropped very considerably indeed. It works!