Thanks Mentium! It should be common knowledge around here that alcohol use by itself causes anxiety, and for those with an underlying anxiety disorder only make it worse. That has been the hardest part for me. I have had anxiety since college -- at least. And over the last several years I noticed and had concluded that I had horrible anxiety after drinking. It was all over my journal.
But in the last year I was under tremendous stress from work and personal life, and began drinking heavier and heavier to deal with anxiety. It got to a point that I was drinking wine by 8:30 am just to function. I would have night sweats, tremors, and intense nausea. Little did I know it was withdrawal symptoms.
Long story short, I had to go med detox to get off the booze. I will never go back to that.
Thanks again.