The Effects of Alcohol on Anxiety

"I used alcohol the same way someone would use cough syrup if you've got a cough. I medicated my anxiety pretty effectively for years by using alcohol almost every single night to help me sleep," he says. "If I have three beers, my anxiety just goes away." He's had experiences where prayer meeting was at our house and as soon as it was over before it started, we're having our own experience of that.