Indiffrence or Resistance?
I'm another one who has had anxiety since I was a kid, especially social anxiety but also general worrying tendencies. Later on in life the social thing caused loneliness, which caused depression. Then came the alcohol, since one thing it did reliably was WORK. I could not say the same for prescription medications I had tried, although most were antidepressants rather than benzodiazepines.
I did find that benzos like Xanax and Valium helped my anxiety, although tolerance set in and reduced the efficacy of Xanax over time. I also now find that baclofen helps my anxiety, as did phenibut (a related but somewhat more hazardous drug) during experiments.
In the end, I was drinking both for relief (of anxiety and especially depression) and for pleasure. I can't deny that I looked forward to alcohol's buzz, and even now still think about it despite not drinking for over a year. My use of a few other drugs may have kept me in the mental state of wanting a buzz or hit, whatever you will call it, long after I stopped drinking, although I am now finding a reduced desire to get high/drunk due to taking baclofen.
I'm also considering naltrexone if I ever need another medication that addresses the buzz part of alcoholism/addiction.
I'm another one who has had anxiety since I was a kid, especially social anxiety but also general worrying tendencies. Later on in life the social thing caused loneliness, which caused depression. Then came the alcohol, since one thing it did reliably was WORK. I could not say the same for prescription medications I had tried, although most were antidepressants rather than benzodiazepines.
I did find that benzos like Xanax and Valium helped my anxiety, although tolerance set in and reduced the efficacy of Xanax over time. I also now find that baclofen helps my anxiety, as did phenibut (a related but somewhat more hazardous drug) during experiments.
In the end, I was drinking both for relief (of anxiety and especially depression) and for pleasure. I can't deny that I looked forward to alcohol's buzz, and even now still think about it despite not drinking for over a year. My use of a few other drugs may have kept me in the mental state of wanting a buzz or hit, whatever you will call it, long after I stopped drinking, although I am now finding a reduced desire to get high/drunk due to taking baclofen.
I'm also considering naltrexone if I ever need another medication that addresses the buzz part of alcoholism/addiction.
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