| Alcohol, to a limited extent, will definitely be tolerated | | | | Problem drinking may be due to various reasons. For |
| by the body. You may celebrate an occasion or a | | | | example, for a few people, attending a gathering |
| victory or you may occasionally wish to have a night | | | | itself increases their anxiety level. These people will |
| cap. Such small doses are never a problem. But, | | | | start drinking as soon as the thinking that they are |
| drinking alcohol due to a panic or anxiety disorder | | | | supposed to attend a gathering crosses their mind. |
| may turn out to be a problem. It may become a | | | | The problem with such panic disorders and alcohol |
| disorder of alcohol abuse. | | | | abuse is that after some time, the reverse |
| Alcohol is capable of depressing the central nervous | | | | phenomenon will take place. For these people, instead |
| system. According to psychiatrists, regular intake of | | | | of relieving them from anxiety, drinking alcohol will |
| alcohol does the job of altering the circuits in the | | | | induce anxiety, panic attacks, nausea, vomiting and |
| brain. Hence, the person may feel a sense of elation | | | | so on. This will become a cycle of increased anxiety |
| when he/she consumes alcohol. Inhibitions go away | | | | and problem drinking. |
| and so does anxiety. But, since the dose increases | | | | According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse |
| day by day, many parts of the body such as the | | | | and Alcoholism, problem drinking limits of people are a |
| brain, liver and heart may get damaged. | | | | woman having more than seven drinks per week or |
| In fact, the tension reduction theory of alcohol has | | | | more than three drinks per occasion, a man having |
| been disproved. Since the inhibitions go away, the | | | | more than 14 drinks per week or more than four |
| person who drinks has an illusion that his/her stress | | | | drinks per occasion and a person older than 65 years |
| and anxiety are reduced. Though it is not yet | | | | having more than seven drinks per week or more |
| confirmed, some researchers opine that there may | | | | than three drinks per occasion. |
| be genetic links that may induce the anxiety level and | | | | These people should immediately consult a doctor for |
| consumption of alcohol. Drinkers expect that their | | | | curing both their anxiety disorders and their drinking |
| anxiety will go away by consuming alcohol. When | | | | habits. You have a number of good treatments. If |
| they think that they have extreme anxiety, they | | | | you have a positive approach and take the |
| drink quite heavily with the anticipation that their | | | | appropriate treatment regularly, you can become a |
| anxiety levels will come down. | | | | normal person very soon. |