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Okay, so I know many people in the past (myself included) have turned to alcohol because they feel less anxious and more socially awesome when they're drunk. This is my personal thoughts and opinions on alcohol and SA, I'm not trying to preach to anyone, I'm just gonna put it out there and see if what everyone thinks.
I've found that if you drink enough to start feeling it's effects, it will give you confidence and it will alleviate your social anxiety to make you interact with people in a way you never have before. It will feel good, I'm not gonna lie. For me, it gave me confidence to ask someone out that I wanted to. But, the thing is...the alcohol will fade, you will become sober again, and your social anxiety will still be there. So while "liquid courage" may help you at the time, you're going to be sober the next day. And you just may regret what you did or said to someone while you were intoxicated and feeling great, like I do right now. Turning to alcohol too much isn't healthy, either. You don't want to add alcoholism to your list of problems. Overall, what I'm saying is, alcohol will not solve our problems, so I think we need to be careful relying on it too much.
I've found that if you drink enough to start feeling it's effects, it will give you confidence and it will alleviate your social anxiety to make you interact with people in a way you never have before. It will feel good, I'm not gonna lie. For me, it gave me confidence to ask someone out that I wanted to. But, the thing is...the alcohol will fade, you will become sober again, and your social anxiety will still be there. So while "liquid courage" may help you at the time, you're going to be sober the next day. And you just may regret what you did or said to someone while you were intoxicated and feeling great, like I do right now. Turning to alcohol too much isn't healthy, either. You don't want to add alcoholism to your list of problems. Overall, what I'm saying is, alcohol will not solve our problems, so I think we need to be careful relying on it too much.