Originally Posted by Unwound

In my limited experience it's a bit of both, alcoholics tend to be people with a lot of fear and anxiety, I know I am. Second problem drinking amplifies this significantly and the more you drink the worse it gets, creating a cycle where you are each time more fearful and so drink more and then end up even worse.

The physical symptoms feed into this, tiredness, sickness, insomnia etc.

Only way out is to quit for good, then things start getting better, working for me so far. I hope you get out!