Originally Posted by
SeaScape 
It took me a long time to connect the anxiety and depression with my alcohol consumption. It's HORRIBLE. Self-loathing, impending doom, death, fear, and panic: I finally understand that I don't have to feel this way if I don't drink. I just can't believe how long it took me to realize the connection!
It's crazy how many of us hold onto alcohol when it's only causing problems.
I was different though I didn't have anxiety or depression. My brain just would start to panic without alcohol. Bad panic attacks where my heart was beating out of my chest and I would be hyperventilating.