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Why people with anxiety self-treat with alcohol – and how to overcome it

Why people with anxiety self-treat with alcohol...

Alcohol preferentially shuts down the executive functioning, higher-order “frontal lobe” part of the brain that is responsible for generating worry and anxiety. That is why people struggling with anxiety have...

Why people with anxiety self-treat with alcohol...

Alcohol preferentially shuts down the executive functioning, higher-order “frontal lobe” part of the brain that is responsible for generating worry and anxiety. That is why people struggling with anxiety have...