Key - I've had a life long issue with anxiety. Alcohol slowly, incrementally made it worse.
When I stopped drinking that extra anxiety didn't go away. Anxiety, depression and brain fog persisted throughout my first year of sobriety, as well as memory, word recall and balance issues.
Alcoholic that I am, I looked for quick fixes. I tried intense exercise, vitamins, restrictive diets, detox tea - nothing alleviated those symptoms immediately. It's just taken time for those symptoms to relent.
During that time I began practicing gratitude, acceptance, rigorous honesty, and humility. With the symptoms of early recovery faced, and these recovery principles to guide me, I don't need any crutches like intense exercise, vitamins, or restrictive diets in order to feel like I can dig into life.