Why You Have Anxiety After Drinking Alcohol

You'll learn how alcohol changes the brain to cause anxiety, how drinking to cope reinforces the problem, why it's so hard to quit drinking if you drink to manage anxiety, and what you can do to make early withdrawal easier. 0:00 Intro 0:38 My Experience With Anxiety 1:54 GABA and Glutamate System 2:23 What Alcohol Does to the Brain 3:46 Why We Have Anxiety After We Drink 4:45 Why This Makes it Hard to Stop Drinking 5:49 Can the Brain Recover? 6:22 What You Can Do 9:14 How This Relates to Cravings Recommended episodes: E22: Why You Think Alcohol Helps Your Anxiety E43: Drinking to Cope Recommended eBook Why You Think Alcohol Helps Your Anxiety https://www.soberpowered.com/anxiety Check out my podcast with completely different content https://www.soberpowered.com/listen Connect with me on social Instagram:   / sober.powered   My Facebook group:   / soberpowered   Disclaimer: all of the information described in this video is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Sound effects from ZapSplat