Originally Posted by
OldTomato 
I spoke to my sponsor about how I'm starting to feel anxious again without drink. She told me to remember that anxiety is just a feeling and feeling never killed anyone.
Caramel - Thanks for checking in on our class!
njdellis - You're right, drinking makes worry and anxiety worse! 1) You probably cause more problems while drunk. 2) It totally messes with the levels of serotonin in your brain, so once it wears off you feel even worse than before. I was self medicating anxiety and the first thing the doctors drilled into me was this fact.
I killed my anxiety with drinking too. It's interesting to ride it out without it. It has lessened a lot, but still there sometimes. But you're right, a feeling won't kill us. Drinking will though.