Originally Posted by Dee74

Hi Tai

As you can see there are two main experiences with alcoholism and anxiety.

If your anxiety started with your drinking, then stopping drinking often fixes the problem - no immediately...but eventually

If you anxiety predates your drinking (or even maybe was a cause of it) then obviously you're going to need to address that anxiety.

some people see their Dr or a counsellor...I didn't go that route myself tho. I found some breathing exercises helped me to deal with a lot of my anxiety - as did exercise.

I also found that the more I engaged with problems, instead of reatreating to the bottle, the more I thought of myself as capable and that fear of failure I used to have fell away a lot.

I'm not cured...but I'm the best I've ever been and I'm ok with that

Hope you find a solution that fits you

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