Anxiety is one of the worst things - severe anxiety is hell. People always say "get over it, you're not living in a war torn country" and similar sh*t, but the point is that your mind and nervous system think that you are. It's an internal whirlwind.
@@charlottetaylor4471 when people say get over it or pull yourself together then it literally makes you even worse. The most common saying is “what have you got to be depressed about”. Luckily mental health is becoming so better understood by society nowadays.
I don't have a problem with substance abuse, I hardly drink but yes anxiety is a living hell! I compare myself to people who have real problems and I feel weak and ashamed for being anxious, the worst thing is I have ocd which is absolute hell.
@@Blaither Hi Steve welcome to the channel, a great message this ..a lot of us have spent too much time trapped by Alcohol Please subscribe & keep commenting 👍
Anxiety has been a MAJOR issue for me, and the main reason why I have had to cut it out my life. It's absolutely crippling. Thankfully, it is draining away the longer I stay off the booze and I feel so much better.
Excellent topic today Steven, anxiety. Anxiety is just another awful side of drinking. I'm so grateful I have a second chance at Life. Your channel is the best on UA-cam. You look great mate ❤
@@smoozerish Hi Anxiety took me right to the Edge ….horrific…. It’s rarely spoken about but for a lot of us it is an warning of other issues Thank you for subscribing & keep chatting 👍
Anxiety is crippling. It stops you in your tracks trying to function normally. Thank you, Steven for highlighting that this is a further symptom of alcohol withdrawal. I have got to stop.
I think the worse part of anxiety is when your in bed, there is quite literally nothing wrong, nothing to worry about but your anxiety is still there! Knawing away at you for no reason at all!
Thanks for covering this topic Steven, when I was drinking I would wake up anxious and worrying, I was like that for most of the day until I allowed myself my first drink at 5pm and drank then till I fell asleep. I never knew the drink was causing the anxiety, it really needs to be more prevalent when looking out for signs you’re entering dangerous territory drink wise.
Hi Steven, I’ve been watching your videos for a while and like others have said you have helped me commit to a sober life. I used to kid myself I was only drinking beer now so I would be fine, but listening to your story helped me realise that beer is alcohol like any other and can kill you all the same. The anxiety after drinking is horrendous as are the night sweats a strange nightmares. Keep up the good work 👍
Dont think it ever goes away steve. I still suffer occasionally even after 15yrs clean and dry. Just deal with it now mate. Got worse issues to deal with now with Parkinson's but i fight on..god bless pal❤
@@garyfaulkner1480 wet and windy in my neck of the woods, I was trying to put in where my neck of the woods is, but computer says no....my back is bothersome to say the least...my partners here and we're playing word games, he's not that well tonight...I hope your weekend has been a pleasant one despite the crap weather...🙂✨️
I think a lot of this type of thinking is a type of OCD which can be brought up by anxiety. It's normal for humans to have unwanted and negative thoughts but when you have bad anxiety you actually listen to these thoughts when normally you wouldn't give them the time of day. And what happens when you listen to these thoughts you give it more energy and ammunition so to speak and that makes you have even more anxiety. And so the cycle continues. We have to find a way to break that cycle. To learn to be happy with ourselves. To be content with life. Alcohol has an absolutely massive affect on your emotional wellbeing and it can really affect our anxiety levels and how we think about things. We have to learn how to cope with things positively not with alcohol or drugs etc. Only then can we be truly happy with ourselves by not abusing our body and minds with any sort of substance. The alcohol induced anxiety is telling your brain that you're in danger. Even when the apparent danger is yourself. Therefore it can cause a spiralling affect on the mind. Learning to control the mind is really key to everything.
Important aspect of it that isn’t perhaps talked about so much 🫡 If I think back, the anxiety really started I guess in my late 20’s / early 30’s but got a lot worse in my later 30’s which is obvious really, everyone knows your ability to cope with such things decreases as you age. But I think I was ignoring this way too long looking back. Personally it was in my 40’s when the anxiety got really bad and Covid time made it so much worse honestly. Thanks for talking about the lesser known aspects of this affliction / disease or whatever it is. Wishing everyone here a healthy and happy 2025 and let’s take this one day at a time 🙏
I was anxious if I had to do ANYTHIHG. I had suffered from school anxiety as a child which I remembered vividly so I assumed it was just how I was. I couldn't even make a phone call without a few drinks. I had no idea the alcohol was actually causing it. I'm on Day 21 today. My sleep is still all over the place but I've been told that is fairly normal at this stage. Thanks so much for all your inspiration, Steve. 🎉
I can relate to absolute everything you've said in this video. Anytime I'm in the car especially on longer journeys I have weird thoughts about jumping out for some reason and it's really really scary I don't know why I do that. Even when I travel on the bus as soon as I get on the motorway I get extremely anxious and think I'm starting to lose my mind. Even going out to the shops and that can be really difficult for me. Anxiety has been the number one negative consequence of my drinking. I hardly suffered physically what so ever but mentally, alcohol has really messed my brain up. I just hope I can get back to who I used to be when I was younger. Thanks for the video Steven!
Hi John … I thought I was the only person with the car ..motorway things …turns out there are a few of us Thanks for subscribing & please keep chatting 👍
Im in my mid-thirties and had a heaviish drinking problem for 2020-2023, thankfully now im okay, but I can really relate to everything you say here steve and find it very supportive.
Alcohol suppresses your central nervous system. Imagine it's like a brake bring pushe while you are drinking. When you are dependent and stop that brake gets released. Now imagine a car on a hill and you let the brake go. It goes out of control and in a panic trying to come to a standstill...so it trys as hard as possible to get back to a normal level and our central nervous system goes into overdrive. Hence, anxiety, worry, paranoia, depression, Seizures DTs this is why Alcohol is tje deadliest of drugs just to stop. Your CNS needs to be brought back into homeostasis slowly...
I was an 9-5 office worker who had to do a solid few hours commute into Holborn, Central London 5 days a week for 3.5 years back around 2012. Your public transport anxiety story resonates with me as getting the tubes everyday really took its toll - particularly as you got closer to the centre and you became a sardine packed into a.metal tin rather than a human! One morning standing on a packed tube between Tottenham court road and the next station, we stopped in the tunnel without.any word from the driver about the delay and I basically had a panic attack. We were probably stopped for.no longer than a minute or 2 but it was enough for me to change my route to take an overground train from Farringdon (which didn't help my anxiety much as the train was always packed aswell!)
That must have been debilitating. I know the 'hangxiety' feeling very well, with me it was usually anxiety around not being able to remember bits from the night before and feeling a sense of dread. Truly horrible. You're right I think it's caused by a multitude of things, including the gaba/glutamate balance, and dopamine/dynorphin balance. All of this causes damage to receptors so over time the brain can't regulate its own hormone levels, and becomes dependant upon alcohol or other stimulants to just stabilise mood and maintain equilibrium. We end up having to drink just to feel normal.
I have no anxiety now,actually enjoy shopping as I'm very sociable now😊when I was drinking heavy I was a paroniod nervous wreck 😊it changes your personality.
I thought that I was a naturally anxious person, but it went away completely when I quit drinking. I give lectures at a local university and have zero anxiety - I couldn't have done that when I was drinking.
I'm already pre-disposed to anxiety and panic attacks, so when I was drinking heavily there were numerous times I had to leave work from having these aggressive panic attacks from withdrawal. One of the main reasons I had to stop.
@@jamesmckenna1990 hi James ..thank you so much for this amazing gesture of support. It will help me to continue to help the many people who are struggling with Alcohol Issues 🙏👍
I go through same things plan to pop to the shops in my car get Halfway there and turn round and say yep I’ll do that tomorrow and go to the pub felt I was missing out on something
@@happygolucky8245 This fear of missing out just needs a change of mindset.. to “if I drink I will feel rotten..achieve Zero… harm my health..& spend a small fortune Then you will stay out of the pub👍
Can you walk or cycle to the shops? Instead! For me it's when I'm driving home, I know I should flip indicator to turn right. But defiance in my brain, just ignores it and carries on driving. But if I'm walking, I'm interested in people and Dogs I see, listening to conversations lol I'm less likely to buy booze if I'm walking.
I worked all over London when I was younger, but then I wasn't a heavy drinker. Tube travel then was no problem. Fast forward to the 1980s, when I was in the grip of heavy night times boozing. I absolutely dreaded that 'Sober' journey to work the next day. Eventually, I couldn't use the tube train, because of the anxiety. Being closed in, inside a crowded tube train, inside a tunnel. I prayed every day that the train would not stop inside that tunnel, between stations! The heavy perspiring, even in mid-winter, the sweat ran down my face on crowded trains. People probably thought I had some tropical disease! Eventually, Instead of using the district line, and changing at Mile End, onto the central line ( Which was always packed in the mornings) I started using the overland train to Fenchurch Street. I felt much better travelling to work, but always having to cope with those dreaded post-drinking horrors at work. Roll on lunch time, for that 'Livener!' Then later on, post work, you could get back onto that 'Roundabout of insanity, the dreaded booze!' Next morning, repeat the same old horrors....The joys of alcohol addiction!
I remember getting towed home after breaking down in town the day before by my dad..I've never experienced anxiety like it the cold sweats and nausea and the sense of impending danger all the way home was like a nightmare.as soon as I got home I needed a few beers to calm me the car sat for days after that as I was too drunk then to fix it and of course drive ..alcohol is a full-time job from hell.!
Goodness this is me I'm a elderly lady and granny have drink on and off for over 30 years I have always been nervous but my anxiety got worse I couldn't walk without holding something to support me it's bloody hard
How are you today? I found most spirits, and wines the anxiety is horrendous. Found St Peters beer, its complete alcohol free, taste like Rye bread lol. Bought Erdinger 0.05 alcohol free that tasted like a lager was alright. For me those two drinks, are a stepping stone for not craving the alcohol so it's helped me. But I have sorted a lot of emotional clutter in my brain. ❤❤❤
My plan to cut back down on the drink is in action now. Over Christmas I’ve drank 4 days out of 7. This week I will drink 3 days. Next week 2. Then 1. Ive got this mental thing soon as I decide to quit I get the cravings . Same with food. Soon as I say no more sugar I suddenly want what I can’t have
It went that way for me as well eventually. Panic attack during a hangover led to DPDR and very high anxiety from then on, made ten times worse after drinking. Forced me to stop but thankful I had a good reason to otherwise may not have done until it was too late
Last time I got drunk in New years eve 2019 I ended up having an attack of intrusive, obsessive thoughts which ruined the night. This is why I'm a rarity in that getting drunk is not enjoyable for me.
Here’s the problem I find, there is no doubt that drinking makes anxiety worse overall, I am convinced of that. But, if like me you are prone to anxiety naturally I find it very hard never to have the temporary escape from it drinking provides. An evening off underlying anxiety becomes very tempting even when I know full well it makes things worse overall. It’s rather like borrowing from the future for the present, the value of a present complete escape from anxiety can seem to trump the future cost of raised general anxiety….
Hi there …welcome to the channel..this is an excellent message re anxiety & I appreciate your input I fully understand the “ borrowing from the future” aspect Please subscribe & keep commenting 👍
Hey Steve....my partners alcoholism gives me anxiety!...i know he battles his inner demons on a daily basis, he's very sensitive, he's also very intelligent, he did 3 years of training to become a pharmacist, sadly he couldn't afford to keep it up so he didn't quite make it...🙏
He stayed with me last night and was throwing up, he sees his alcohol counsellor on Wednesday, I asked him if he was going to tell her about his being sick on a daily basis, he said no because she'd only tell him to give up drinking...I told him I'd been following your channel and that you were a recovering alcoholic, alas he showed no interest...it's like banging your head against a brick wall....🙏
This appears to be indiviual, I did not experience anxiety from drinking. However, I became increasingly concerned about that my health is going down the drain, especially my already enlarged liver. I am glad not having this concern anymore.
Totally agree Steve, i stopped drinking 5 years ago and my anxiety was horrendous.....it's funny though because i didn't realise until after i'd quit that it was the booze that was causing me to feel that way - within a week of stopping, the fog had lifted and i felt so much better! Haven't touched a drop since, i instead enjoy an occassional '0' beer at home or in the pub.
Hope you don’t mind me asking Steven - are you diagnosed or been assessed for PTSD or CPTSD? It sounds like the symptoms you are describing and have been experiencing are almost identical to those with this condition.
I've got a small rubbish removal business. I can go on a 5 day bender and drink so much then just stop go days without. Is that something you could do before it got out of hand?
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Anxiety is one of the worst things - severe anxiety is hell. People always say "get over it, you're not living in a war torn country" and similar sh*t, but the point is that your mind and nervous system think that you are. It's an internal whirlwind.
@@charlottetaylor4471 “Internal whirlwind” brilliantly message 👍
@@charlottetaylor4471 when people say get over it or pull yourself together then it literally makes you even worse. The most common saying is “what have you got to be depressed about”. Luckily mental health is becoming so better understood by society nowadays.
I don't have a problem with substance abuse, I hardly drink but yes anxiety is a living hell! I compare myself to people who have real problems and I feel weak and ashamed for being anxious, the worst thing is I have ocd which is absolute hell.
Quitting alcohol is no sacrifice when I’ve sacrificed most my life for alcohol.
@@Blaither Hi Steve welcome to the channel, a great message this ..a lot of us have spent too much time trapped by Alcohol
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Have and will my friend. Keep up the good fight 👍
Brilliant mate👏👏👏👏
Anxiety has been a MAJOR issue for me, and the main reason why I have had to cut it out my life. It's absolutely crippling. Thankfully, it is draining away the longer I stay off the booze and I feel so much better.
Excellent topic today Steven, anxiety. Anxiety is just another awful side of drinking. I'm so grateful I have a second chance at Life. Your channel is the best on UA-cam. You look great mate ❤
@@honestmicky Thank you Micky ..the anxiety nearly killed me ♥️
Anxiety for me was my main reason for me cutting out alcohol. It literally cripples your whole nervous system.
@@smoozerish Hi Anxiety took me right to the Edge ….horrific…. It’s rarely spoken about but for a lot of us it is an warning of other issues
Thank you for subscribing & keep chatting 👍
Anxiety is crippling. It stops you in your tracks trying to function normally. Thank you, Steven for highlighting that this is a further symptom of alcohol withdrawal. I have got to stop.
Hi I’m pleased I can pass my insight on to others…
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I think the worse part of anxiety is when your in bed, there is quite literally nothing wrong, nothing to worry about but your anxiety is still there! Knawing away at you for no reason at all!
Thanks for covering this topic Steven, when I was drinking I would wake up anxious and worrying, I was like that for most of the day until I allowed myself my first drink at 5pm and drank then till I fell asleep. I never knew the drink was causing the anxiety, it really needs to be more prevalent when looking out for signs you’re entering dangerous territory drink wise.
@@sarahlaver-holland9931 💯 % not looked into enough..I’m going to push the anxiety issue
I can relate. Hope you had a good weekend. Cheers Steve 👍
Great weekend..hope you had too 👍
Hi Steven, I’ve been watching your videos for a while and like others have said you have helped me commit to a sober life. I used to kid myself I was only drinking beer now so I would be fine, but listening to your story helped me realise that beer is alcohol like any other and can kill you all the same. The anxiety after drinking is horrendous as are the night sweats a strange nightmares. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you so much Mark ..I appreciate your most kind words…
👍
Pleased you are sober…well done 👍
Dont think it ever
goes away steve. I still suffer occasionally even after 15yrs clean and dry. Just deal with it now mate. Got worse issues to deal with now with Parkinson's but i fight on..god bless pal❤
And God bless you Gary...🙏
@nikkirutland9814 and god bless you nikki💜..hope your well on this dull and dreary day x?
@@garyfaulkner1480 wet and windy in my neck of the woods, I was trying to put in where my neck of the woods is, but computer says no....my back is bothersome to say the least...my partners here and we're playing word games, he's not that well tonight...I hope your weekend has been a pleasant one despite the crap weather...🙂✨️
Good on ya Gary …you are a strong man 👍
♥️
I used have to stand back from the tube line .I couldn’t trust myself to not jump .❤
@@mackfin8869 Geez that was me ..back to the wall …what is it causing this irrational behaviour 👍
I think a lot of this type of thinking is a type of OCD which can be brought up by anxiety. It's normal for humans to have unwanted and negative thoughts but when you have bad anxiety you actually listen to these thoughts when normally you wouldn't give them the time of day. And what happens when you listen to these thoughts you give it more energy and ammunition so to speak and that makes you have even more anxiety. And so the cycle continues. We have to find a way to break that cycle. To learn to be happy with ourselves. To be content with life. Alcohol has an absolutely massive affect on your emotional wellbeing and it can really affect our anxiety levels and how we think about things. We have to learn how to cope with things positively not with alcohol or drugs etc. Only then can we be truly happy with ourselves by not abusing our body and minds with any sort of substance. The alcohol induced anxiety is telling your brain that you're in danger. Even when the apparent danger is yourself. Therefore it can cause a spiralling affect on the mind. Learning to control the mind is really key to everything.
Well done for talking about it.
Hi John …you’re welcome..Anxiety is not talked about enough
Hope you’re well
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Important aspect of it that isn’t perhaps talked about so much 🫡
If I think back, the anxiety really started I guess in my late 20’s / early 30’s but got a lot worse in my later 30’s which is obvious really, everyone knows your ability to cope with such things decreases as you age. But I think I was ignoring this way too long looking back.
Personally it was in my 40’s when the anxiety got really bad and Covid time made it so much worse honestly.
Thanks for talking about the lesser known aspects of this affliction / disease or whatever it is.
Wishing everyone here a healthy and happy 2025 and let’s take this one day at a time 🙏
For sure. The anxiety become crippling eventually.
@@BlkwtrPrk Hi it’s horrendous…
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I was anxious if I had to do ANYTHIHG. I had suffered from school anxiety as a child which I remembered vividly so I assumed it was just how I was. I couldn't even make a phone call without a few drinks. I had no idea the alcohol was actually causing it. I'm on Day 21 today. My sleep is still all over the place but I've been told that is fairly normal at this stage. Thanks so much for all your inspiration, Steve. 🎉
I agree, anxiety was so bad. Now I've stopped drinking i still have problems but i deal with them as calmly as i can
@@georgiahumphreys3881 So true …everything is easier sober 👍
Your winning g x..keep going ❤
I can relate to this video i never liked travelling in cars ,buses , trains but since getting sober life is a lot carmer and i feel less anxious now
💯 % better 👍
I can relate to absolute everything you've said in this video. Anytime I'm in the car especially on longer journeys I have weird thoughts about jumping out for some reason and it's really really scary I don't know why I do that. Even when I travel on the bus as soon as I get on the motorway I get extremely anxious and think I'm starting to lose my mind. Even going out to the shops and that can be really difficult for me. Anxiety has been the number one negative consequence of my drinking. I hardly suffered physically what so ever but mentally, alcohol has really messed my brain up. I just hope I can get back to who I used to be when I was younger. Thanks for the video Steven!
Hi John … I thought I was the only person with the car ..motorway things …turns out there are a few of us
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Im in my mid-thirties and had a heaviish drinking problem for 2020-2023, thankfully now im okay, but I can really relate to everything you say here steve and find it very supportive.
Stay with it dude. You’ll survive
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My anxiety was like standing in a cylindrical hole in the ground, can’t move my arms, can’t see out of the top of the hole.
Alcohol suppresses your central nervous system. Imagine it's like a brake bring pushe while you are drinking. When you are dependent and stop that brake gets released. Now imagine a car on a hill and you let the brake go. It goes out of control and in a panic trying to come to a standstill...so it trys as hard as possible to get back to a normal level and our central nervous system goes into overdrive. Hence, anxiety, worry, paranoia, depression, Seizures DTs this is why Alcohol is tje deadliest of drugs just to stop. Your CNS needs to be brought back into homeostasis slowly...
@@gavinsaxton8095 Excellent message, very informative .. Thank you 👍
I’ll always have anxiety but it’s a lot easier to live with now I’m sober.
@@mickg7299 Thanks Mick…yeah Alcohol makes things so much worse 👍
Absolutely bang on the nail here…
@@johnlewis8101 Thank you John 👍
I was an 9-5 office worker who had to do a solid few hours commute into Holborn, Central London 5 days a week for 3.5 years back around 2012.
Your public transport anxiety story resonates with me as getting the tubes everyday really took its toll - particularly as you got closer to the centre and you became a sardine packed into a.metal tin rather than a human!
One morning standing on a packed tube between Tottenham court road and the next station, we stopped in the tunnel without.any word from the driver about the delay and I basically had a panic attack.
We were probably stopped for.no longer than a minute or 2 but it was enough for me to change my route to take an overground train from Farringdon (which didn't help my anxiety much as the train was always packed aswell!)
Yep, ive had to pull over and ask other people to drive. Ive had to run out of supermarkets aswel.
@@paulchollerton it’s unexplainable..thanks for sharing this
Hope you're feeling better now mate
Another great vid about the mental side of alcohol abuse mate..spot on ❤
Thanks Gary ♥️
That must have been debilitating. I know the 'hangxiety' feeling very well, with me it was usually anxiety around not being able to remember bits from the night before and feeling a sense of dread. Truly horrible. You're right I think it's caused by a multitude of things, including the gaba/glutamate balance, and dopamine/dynorphin balance. All of this causes damage to receptors so over time the brain can't regulate its own hormone levels, and becomes dependant upon alcohol or other stimulants to just stabilise mood and maintain equilibrium. We end up having to drink just to feel normal.
That’s it “drinking to feel normal” well said 👍
I have no anxiety now,actually enjoy shopping as I'm very sociable now😊when I was drinking heavy I was a paroniod nervous wreck 😊it changes your personality.
100% true …it’s horrific
I thought that I was a naturally anxious person, but it went away completely when I quit drinking. I give lectures at a local university and have zero anxiety - I couldn't have done that when I was drinking.
@@paulh2126Same with me ..it took all of my confidence
I'm already pre-disposed to anxiety and panic attacks, so when I was drinking heavily there were numerous times I had to leave work from having these aggressive panic attacks from withdrawal. One of the main reasons I had to stop.
Hi …welcome to the channel…My anxiety was so powerful..
pleased you are not drinking..please subscribe & keep commenting 👍
Thanks
@@jamesmckenna1990 hi James ..thank you so much for this amazing gesture of support. It will help me to continue to help the many people who are struggling with Alcohol Issues 🙏👍
I go through same things plan to pop to the shops in my car get Halfway there and turn round and say yep I’ll do that tomorrow and go to the pub felt I was missing out on something
@@happygolucky8245 This fear of missing out just needs a change of mindset.. to “if I drink I will feel rotten..achieve Zero… harm my health..& spend a small fortune
Then you will stay out of the pub👍
Can you walk or cycle to the shops? Instead!
For me it's when I'm driving home, I know I should flip indicator to turn right. But defiance in my brain, just ignores it and carries on driving. But if I'm walking, I'm interested in people and Dogs I see, listening to conversations lol I'm less likely to buy booze if I'm walking.
I worked all over London when I was younger, but then I wasn't a heavy drinker. Tube travel then was no problem. Fast forward to the 1980s, when I was in the grip of heavy night times boozing. I absolutely dreaded that 'Sober' journey to work the next day. Eventually, I couldn't use the tube train, because of the anxiety. Being closed in, inside a crowded tube train, inside a tunnel. I prayed every day that the train would not stop inside that tunnel, between stations! The heavy perspiring, even in mid-winter, the sweat ran down my face on crowded trains. People probably thought I had some tropical disease! Eventually, Instead of using the district line, and changing at Mile End, onto the central line ( Which was always packed in the mornings) I started using the overland train to Fenchurch Street. I felt much better travelling to work, but always having to cope with those dreaded post-drinking horrors at work. Roll on lunch time, for that 'Livener!' Then later on, post work, you could get back onto that 'Roundabout of insanity, the dreaded booze!' Next morning, repeat the same old horrors....The joys of alcohol addiction!
I remember getting towed home after breaking down in town the day before by my dad..I've never experienced anxiety like it the cold sweats and nausea and the sense of impending danger all the way home was like a nightmare.as soon as I got home I needed a few beers to calm me the car sat for days after that as I was too drunk then to fix it and of course drive ..alcohol is a full-time job from hell.!
“Impending Danger” so accurate ….Thanks for sharing this 👍
You had an alcohol induced panic attack.
I would get anxiety attacks if i got an email telling me a parcel was getting delivered that day,
Awful isn’t it 👍
Goodness this is me I'm a elderly lady and granny have drink on and off for over 30 years I have always been nervous but my anxiety got worse I couldn't walk without holding something to support me it's bloody hard
Hi how’s you ?.. the anxiety nearly killed me …it is a topic rarely spoken about
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How are you today? I found most spirits, and wines the anxiety is horrendous. Found St Peters beer, its complete alcohol free, taste like Rye bread lol. Bought Erdinger 0.05 alcohol free that tasted like a lager was alright. For me those two drinks, are a stepping stone for not craving the alcohol so it's helped me. But I have sorted a lot of emotional clutter in my brain. ❤❤❤
Let's talk -the fuck- about the rebound anxiety of alcohol. It is absolutely world shaking levels of anxiety! Well said mate looking well
Thank you …my anxiety drove me round the bend
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I have been terrible this festive period.. gone totally wrong with my drinking… lost the lot plot.
Not happy😢 with myself.
Keep trying, don't give up ❤
My plan to cut back down on the drink is in action now. Over Christmas I’ve drank 4 days out of 7. This week I will drink 3 days. Next week 2. Then 1.
Ive got this mental thing soon as I decide to quit I get the cravings . Same with food. Soon as I say no more sugar I suddenly want what I can’t have
In a way I’m actually glad that the booze gives me crippling anxiety because that’s what keeps me off of it
It went that way for me as well eventually. Panic attack during a hangover led to DPDR and very high anxiety from then on, made ten times worse after drinking. Forced me to stop but thankful I had a good reason to otherwise may not have done until it was too late
@@garyjohnson3751 I couldn’t go back to those days
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@@phillango4207 well done Phil ..Alcohol is a dreadful horrific substance
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Last time I got drunk in New years eve 2019 I ended up having an attack of intrusive, obsessive thoughts which ruined the night. This is why I'm a rarity in that getting drunk is not enjoyable for me.
I've heard it called the 'beer fear'.
Good Description
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Anxiety is the main thing i get with drinking!
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Severe withdrawal anxiety is horrific. Difficult to explain to someone who hasn’t experienced it.
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This channel is so great
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Here’s the problem I find, there is no doubt that drinking makes anxiety worse overall, I am convinced of that. But, if like me you are prone to anxiety naturally I find it very hard never to have the temporary escape from it drinking provides. An evening off underlying anxiety becomes very tempting even when I know full well it makes things worse overall. It’s rather like borrowing from the future for the present, the value of a present complete escape from anxiety can seem to trump the future cost of raised general anxiety….
Hi there …welcome to the channel..this is an excellent message re anxiety & I appreciate your input
I fully understand the “ borrowing from the future” aspect
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Hey Steve....my partners alcoholism gives me anxiety!...i know he battles his inner demons on a daily basis, he's very sensitive, he's also very intelligent, he did 3 years of training to become a pharmacist, sadly he couldn't afford to keep it up so he didn't quite make it...🙏
You really love this guy ♥️ I hope he realises how much he is cared for ♥️
He stayed with me last night and was throwing up, he sees his alcohol counsellor on Wednesday, I asked him if he was going to tell her about his being sick on a daily basis, he said no because she'd only tell him to give up drinking...I told him I'd been following your channel and that you were a recovering alcoholic, alas he showed no interest...it's like banging your head against a brick wall....🙏
Many people with undiagnosed autism drinking that's what causes more anxiety.
Thank you Luke …good point…
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This appears to be indiviual, I did not experience anxiety from drinking. However, I became increasingly concerned about that my health is going down the drain, especially my already enlarged liver. I am glad not having this concern anymore.
Totally agree Steve, i stopped drinking 5 years ago and my anxiety was horrendous.....it's funny though because i didn't realise until after i'd quit that it was the booze that was causing me to feel that way - within a week of stopping, the fog had lifted and i felt so much better! Haven't touched a drop since, i instead enjoy an occassional '0' beer at home or in the pub.
Hope you don’t mind me asking Steven - are you diagnosed or been assessed for PTSD or CPTSD? It sounds like the symptoms you are describing and have been experiencing are almost identical to those with this condition.
Hi Emma …never thought out those things Tbh might be worth getting assessed..my Anxiety disappeared when I got sober
Thank you for your kind advice
What is it you do for work Steve?
@@mattythehammer I’m retired..
How about you ?
I've got a small rubbish removal business. I can go on a 5 day bender and drink so much then just stop go days without. Is that something you could do before it got out of hand?