Alcohol

[Jodz]

Just wondering does anyone here like to have a drink ? I often have 2 glasses of red at night if I'm not working . Is this bad or does it fuel my anxiety ?? Have done it for years

[1973m]

I too enjoy a glass of red wine , It often helps me relax . I've observed how I feel if I have a glass and if I don't .. It appears to make no difference to me .. My anxiety is mainly health related tho!! .. (Only times it really heightens is if I've had too much .. So I don't !! ) As long as your sensible don't feel guilty ,too many things to feel bad about , if you enjoy it do it! 😊

[tiredwithanxiety in reply to 1973m]

I too used to enjoy an occasional glass of red wine but had started observing that it used to give me sleepless nights and heightened anxiety. I otherwise sleep well.I have since given up drinking totally

[Jodz in reply to tiredwithanxiety]

It doesn't matter if I drink or if I don't , it just depends on my sleep what my brain is spinning around and around . I do enjoy a glass or 2 . But thanx

[Jodz in reply to 1973m]

1973m yer I do enjoy it and I do know my limits . My anxiety is def health and then it goes into panic . THANKYOU as just nice to see what others think .cheers

[skyraknight]

Whats good for others may not be good for you. For many years I had 2 glasses of red wine with diner and I felt great. I haven't used any other alcohol. However, a day came out of nowhere where my body just refused aby red wine. You may want to read a post I wrote today and shared with done other people suffering with anxiety.

There will always be something. There always be the 'next symptom'. And if you think you could get rid of all the symptoms you have ever experienced in your entire life, I guarantee, there would be another and another and another symptom that your mind would hook on. That's the nature of anxiety. We become so crazy self focused it cannot be any other way. More and more people become afflicted with anxiety as never before. And it happens in first world countries at an alarming rate where medicine us so 'highly' advanced. Do your research and compare rate of anxiety between first world countries and third world countries. You may be surprised. There may be many different factors as to the cause of anxiety. But ask yourself what has changed to highest degree in last 20 years? Environmental factors have change! Food and water have changed! Food tastes better with never ending variety but what has happened to its nutritional value? It has gone to hell! Ask any doctor that you know how many hours of nutrion he/she had in med school. 20? 10? 4? It's insane! Ask your grandparents or any grandparents if they even knew anybody! with Anxiety or depression. My grandmother went through WWII with 7 childre, had to feed them somehow and relocate to a place 400 miles where she lived. She and other people like her and actually every single person in Europe should all be afflicted with Anxiety and depression but it happened so rarely! Our food is so severely depleted of minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients we should ring the bells for alarm 20 or 30 years ago. Yet, all you hear it's silence. Change you diet. Stay on it for at least 3 months. Eat more quality vegetables and fruits. Less white flour or best is none. Take quality mineral abd vitamin supplements. Walk 30 min a day. Drink plenty of 'clean' water. Stop drinking if you do, smoking if you do and see what happens. Reduce your body inflammation by staying away from inflammatory foods. There is no quick fix! If there was, you and millions of other people would hear about it by now. Take total ownership of your body and of your life. Feel so good as never before in your life! Take action right now!

[Justneedpeace]

I can go a while without alcohol.

But...

Drinking usually snaps me out of depression or anxiety for the evening.

Then the next morning its back again.

Hense why I have to drink sometimes.

[Jodz in reply to Justneedpeace]

Yes I know my limits and do enjoy a red when I feel like it . I have gone without for days and my anxiety is still there . So be dammed if I do and dammed if I done