Alcohol Is Creating, Not Fixing, Your Anxiety
<p>Alcohol is trusty in that way: you know that if you have a drink(s), your nerves will calm, tightness in your body will loosen, inhibitions will drop, your negative mood will elevate and anxiety will dissipate.</p>
<p>This is the reason that self-medication with alcohol is so common — particularly for those with underlying anxiety conditions.</p>
<p>What you might not know, however, is that the mid- to long-term effects are quite different.</p>
<p>“Anyone who has ever taken a drug has experienced the brain’s adaptive capacities,” writes Neuroscientist Judith Grisel, PhD, in <em>Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction</em>. </p>
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