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ToldYouTrumpSucked t1_jamr7xn wrote

Reply to comment by Ok-Cut4890 in Anxiety can be created by the body, mouse heart study suggests by halebounddr

This is how it works for me but with alcohol. Been drinking less lately but I always used to use the “it’s been a long day at work, I need a drink to unwind” excuse to grab a few beers after work but now that I don’t drink much during the week, I can feel my body create stress and anxiety even on easy/short days at work in order to get me to justify buying a 6 pack on the way home. Anecdotal I know but glad to see that I’m not crazy.

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Georgie___Best t1_jamznab wrote

This sounds more like self medication.

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NoNumbersAtTheEnding t1_jaobjqz wrote

Actually it sounds like withdrawal. Alcohol relieves anxiety, your body adjusts and now requires alcohol to handle anxiety when it didn’t before.

Self-medication implies the problem was there before the drinking go started. A lot of people get addicted to things like weed and alcohol by mistaking withdrawal symptoms for personal symptoms that the drug is actually helping.

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