Originally Posted by
alphaomega 
For me this is a chicken or egg thing. My life, from its conception, was wrought with problems. Serious, awful, horrifying traumas.
Ditto! Very chicken or egg.
One thing is for sure, I realised this just last week, if depression/anxiety is the underlying issue there is NO WAY I'm going to be able to address those issues while drinking.
How can anyone fix depression or anxiety or underlying issue when the results of their drinking makes them worse? That's like trying to catch your breath by running faster.