This may be a dumb question. But can alcohol become a compulsion? I had never been much of a drinker before but when it’s bad I find myself drinking way too much all the time because it’s the only thing that makes the anxiety and the intrusive thoughts calm down.

I’m sorry you’re struggling too. I know it all sucks. I feel the same I want to tackle it on my own I get through most of the day like at work or before I take my fiancé to work but then I get afraid of how the thoughts will be or how I’ll feel when I’m alone and I get too scared to go without it. I went so long without drinking hard liquor the way I am now and then this recurring theme I’ve had just started coming at me like 100% worse than it has in a long time. I hate it.

Thank you. Yeah I just started thinking about it today and I was like I wonder if this is becoming a new compulsion of mine lol. I don’t want it. But it does help unfortunately and I guess that’s why I need to make myself go without it.

Thank you! I really didn’t know that. That helps!