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Old 12-16-2014, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Alwyshope12 View Post
SkaterDude,

here is another sites forum on Anxiety and Drinking. These posts pretty much sum up the relationship between drinking and anxiety for me... For a long time I thought that alcohol was reducing my anxiety, when it fact it was the root cause of much of my anxiety and emotional distress.

anxiety after drinking alcohol · Alcoholism discussions | Emotional & Mental Health center | SteadyHealth.com
So true. There's a ton of stuff on the web connecting alcohol use and worsening of anxiety symptoms. Also, there's a fair number of us who had anxiety and depression issues before alcohol use. Alcohol for me was a self medicating stuffing mechanism.
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