Social Anxiety and Alcohol Abuse

People with social anxiety also find themselves abusing alcohol or other mind altering drugs. I'm not talking the ones prescribed by a doctor. I'm talking about using alcohol and drugs for self-help to overcome social anxiety.

I was on just about every medication you can think of to treat my social anxiety and depression, and I used to laugh and tell the doctor he would become rich if he could invent an alcohol pill. It seemed like that was the only thing to allow me to really relax.

What a mistake! A few years ago one summer, I used alcohol for self-help. I ended up more anxious and more depressed. Not to mention the problems it caused with my friends and family. Thank goodness I woke up one day and realized that, because I don't think I would be here today.

Social anxiety and alcohol abuse can go hand and hand if you're not careful. Trust me when I say using alcohol to overcome your anxiety is a huge mistake, and one that only makes matters worse.

Finally, alcohol is not on the self-help list to overcome social anxiety.