Hi-

This is my first reddit post ever but I'm feeling like I need to find support somewhere to help me deal with what I'm feeling. I am a college student and, like many people my age, my social life has basically revolved around alcohol for my entire college career. I never had many issues in the beginning, but around a year ago I started to struggle with the most intense anxiety/panic attacks after drinking. I have tried controlling my drinking perfectly, I have tried not drinking altogether, but it feels like no matter what I end up every few months having a night where I drink too much, do something stupid, and spend the next week or so recovering from it. I am currently having the worst period of anxiety I have ever experienced after a blurry night where I drank way too much and made a fool out of myself. My question is, does anyone else experience this? How do you get through it? In times like this, I have realized that the only thing that genuinely makes the anxiety go away is time. But the only other thing I have noticed that can help alleviate it is talking to people who understand how I'm feeling and are also dealing with this. I think this is the last straw for me to stop drinking completely and start reshaping my social life to avoid alcohol completely, but until then I need to get through this horrible period of anxiety. Literally anything helps- stories, advice, anything. Thanks.