Anxiety Help For Alcoholics

Anxiety can be very troubling in and of itself. I believe that anxiety can lead many people to self medicate with drugs and alcohol. Because anxiety causes such an unpleasant effect in those who suffer from it, it is not at all unusual to find people who suffer from anxiety who are alcoholic or drug addicted.

Now, I am not sure that they became an alcoholic because they drank so much or that they just triggered a condition (alcoholism) that they were likely to encounter with or without anxiety. Regardless, the two just go together often. So, I'd like to offer some tips for people that have anxiety and are alcoholic.

First, you need to stop wondering whether you drank alcoholicly because you have anxiety. It's really pretty irrelevant whether you have always been alcoholic or drank to bury your anxiety. It is simply not the point. The thing you are going to want to consider, however, is how will you be able to treat anxiety if you are not going to be able to drink alcohol to alleviate the anxiety symptoms. This is a problem, no?

I have some bad news for ya. For a little while you are just going to have to endure your anxiety on its own. You'll have to sit in the anxiety and feel its terribleness because there just isn't a good other option. Benzos are not a good idea for alcoholics, though I do know some who have taken benzos for years and not developed their drinking anew. But, I also want to inform you that having anxiety is not the end of the world. So, you won't be able to obliterate your anxiety with alcohol. Is that really the end of the world. I think you might find, that being able to face your anxiety sober will allow you to actually get over it more quickly.

Stay tuned for part two on anxiety and alcohol.