Is Alcohol Good for Anxiety?

Published March 3, 2014

Question by CAT: Is alcohol good for anxiety?
or worse?

Best answer:

Answer by Ash H
Alcohol is never good!

Answer by Samurai
Unfortunately, no. It makes it worse.
After about 5-6 hours of drinking alcohol, your adrenals will release epinephrine. This drains the adrenals, and in turn will cause more anxiety.
Trust me; I really wish it weren’t so.

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