Need help figuring out what's going on
I've always been a weekend warrior. For the most part, I've always enjoyed myself responsibly with the occasional getting over served. This summer, the partying picked up a notch as it seems the neighbors were always having some sort of party. Did my fair share of putting away the booze as sometimes we'd start around noon and keep going until midnight or later. Then I started having anxiety and insomnia issues and didn't even bother to think it had to do with partying. Got prescribed Ativan. That was a nightmare. After 3 days, Dr. gave me 2mg Valium and I tapered myself off. Spent the 3 days leading up to Thanksgiving hanging out with family and destroying about 2 liters worth of vodka by myself. My question, Have I built up a dependence to alcohol? I've got the major anxiety, insomnia, mental confusion, nausea/vomiting, etc. Or am I just riding a hangover from hell?