Anxiety makes it difficult for me to stop drinking.
So my drinking habit usually entails drinking heavily (blacking out most times I drink), a few days of dealing with the hangover and the subsequent anxiety, depression and irritation. Then I will have a few days of feeling good to go outside but then when I do go out something usually triggers my anxiety and I scuttle to the safety of a pub where I'll stay until I black out. I usually make an embarrassment of myself too which makes going out that much harder each time I drink due to the shame. I need to cut this cycle but not quite sure how.