Does alcohol have a direct effect on decreasing anxiety?

[bronson]

lifeisflyingaway - I think you've well proven the point yourself that alcohol often even in the short term doesn't help decrease anxiety. In fact it had you paranoid that people were 'bashing' you.

In the long term, I can personally attest that it makes matter exponentially worse. It also mixes poorly with just about everything else you might be taking for anxiety.

 

[lifeisflyingaway]

lifeisflyingaway - I think you've well proven the point yourself that alcohol often even in the short term doesn't help decrease anxiety. In fact it had you paranoid that people were 'bashing' you.

In the long term, I can personally attest that it makes matter exponentially worse. It also mixes poorly with just about everything else you might be taking for anxiety.

What? I didn't feel paranoid that "people" were "bashing" me. I thought that ONE not people, particular person was going on and on about a previous post that i had and it was bothering me until he clarified it. I have never felt paranoid from alcohol, hence my post was about feeling extremely confident and no anxiety, the opposite of what you said.

 

[pally pete]

reading about benzo withdrawals and actually experiencing them are a whole different story. I've been completely addicted to benzodiazepines for almost 4 years now, i've done withdrawals, the whole thing and yet still take etizolam daily. Nothing scares me more than a benzo withdrawal, especially after long use. Benzos aren't hard to find once you know the right people. it's so fucking easy to slip into that world or to have benzos sneak up on you that you really really should not fuck with them, as it will be life changing once you are dependent.

I only say this because i know better yet still am addicted/dependent on gabaergics in general. if you really just have limited access to them then that's fine do what you will. i made this post in the case, in the future, you find that you have massive access to benzos/alcohol and related drugs.

Most people who are alcoholics didn't really plan on it at first either, same goes for addiction to any drug.


sorry to preach

This^

I read about withdrawals before starting out on my Benzo mission and believed that i could handle it... How wrong i was!!!

My abuse of Benzos has almost ruined me in every sense of the word.