Yes, I absolutely still feel anxious. But what I'm realizing sober is that I have tools to deal with those anxieties that are much more effective in the long term than shutting them off with drinking. It's such a vicious cycle. Drink to numb the anxiety, create more problems, create more anxiety, fuel the negative self-image, drink more to numb. Until we think drinking is the only "escape" when really, it is what is pulling us down. I had to work super hard on tearing down those beliefs and associations in my brain.