Originally Posted by
tiredofthis2017 
I’m slowly asking things that I never have
So... anxiety as a kid- really horrible
Came and went for decades
Finally drank to medicate
Outta control and so I’m an alcoholic
Have stopped
My question is; could the initial horrible anxiety be due to the childhood abuse I endured?
Perhaps? I'm not qualified.
What I would say is that I feel very anxious for a while after stopping alcohol abuse and as my system rewires. If you have other previous experiences/issues/problems that make this worse is hard to tell. All I wanted to say is that I think most of us are anxious in the early stages of recovery.