Originally Posted by hendershot

If you weren't aware: alcohol aggravates and augments anxiety symptoms. There is neurological basis for this, but simply put: alcohol acts as a depressent on your brain and inhibits the ability of it to produce chemicals associated with calming us down in stress provoking situations. This is masked when we are drunk but when we come down, especially with anxiety issues to begin with, the heighented anxiety can become unmanageble. I know it was for me.