BOTH?

Why or Why not?

Does alcohol help anxiety? If so how?

Tomorrow me and the girl I like are going to meet each other in person for the first time. I met her online. But im nervous to meet her. I have an anxiety disorder and I know that when I do im gonna be jittery nervous wreck. What do you think I should do? I asked a question similar to this and that person said have a drink before meeting her and it will mellow you out. He said to have just one drink but no more after that so im not too buzzed when I meet her.

Good idea or bad idea?

last year about on saint patricks day i drank soooo much that the day after i was super hangover and had anxiety symptoms anything would tense me up… about a month after i was ok i had no problem but then few months after i started drinking again and nothing happened i was good…until about 4 days after my last drink on like october i had another anxiety problem and since then ive been feeling really shitty almost like if i had a hangover every day. dizzy, tired, diahrrea and somewhat tense and anxious… i also smoked pot but not at the same time with alcohol could there be something wrong with me becuase of alcohol? its been 3 months…
i was never able to hold my own liquor i was drunk after 2 beers or 3 max 6.
i havent drink ever since and i still feel the same

It’s quite the question to ponder? Do people drink heavily because they feel anxious a lot of the time or do you feel anxious because you drink so heavily?

I have a problem. Before I moved, and when I had a girlfriend…it was never a problem. I am a college student who just finished an internship. During that internship, my girlfriend and I (of 2.5 years) broke up and stopped talking for the most part. Little updates between eachother every now and then. My internship ended May 1st. Well after we broke up, I had wanted to approach new ladies, and people in general, and just make more friends, but I feel anxious about it. Nerves set in. I drink because it takes away the nervousness, and sometimes, I will wake up and feel great. I will feel (and sometimes do) talk to anyone and everyone about random things, but other times…I will just want to hide from the world. I feel unworthy and incapable of good conversation and find it hard to open up. I feel extreme anxiety.

Before I started drinking (heavily, frequently (by heavily I mean like 10-12 beers a night or a 26 ounce bottle of 40% liquor), It was never this bad.before I started drinking so often, but now, it’s pretty bad most of the time. I am trying to find one more time where I can wake up and feel great about myself so that I can stop drinking so much. I just want to feel open and conversational all of the time, and am waiting to wake up one morning and feel that.
Do you think if I stop drinking completely, even if I come off a drunk feeling anxious, that eventually…I’ll go back to being open and social?
I ordered some St John’s Wort because it’s supposed to help with that…just waiting for it to come in the mail…
But what do you guys think?

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or do they merely make you less anxious.

I know alcohol is bad but I need immediate relief. Every year I go through a slump. I don’t feel sad, it just seems like the simple task are hard to do. Its really hard to focus during these times. However this year is a doesy. Been in a slump sense September. Need help fast to keep job and look out for kids.

It’s really terrible. I mean, I completely freak out at the beginning of the exam and I can’t remember a thing. If I just had a little to drink or something before the test, maybe I’d be a little more confident and able to concentrate.

Do you think it’s worth a shot? They never breathalyze anyone upon entering, so why not?

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why do some people get alcohol withdraws and anxiety attacks after drinking and allot of people don’t