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  How does that cover it up?  Do you slur your words a lot?
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  What about when you're at work and can't be drunk?  Or are you drunk all the time?
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  the above comment is ignorant.  I have social anxiety as well & people have no clue about this disease. Find a therapist who knows abot cognitive behavior therapy, it helps a lot.
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  That discribes my brother to a tee, Now he's in Prison Drinking caused him to do some bad stuff, Your going tro say next, Not me-well he did to-now he's somebody's b**** in the big house, making him do god only knows.Seek help
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  I don't have social anxiety disorder, or maybe.  I am painfully shy and totally agree that alcohol does a great job of making me socialize.
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  You may think you cover it well, but you may be fooling yourself.  You also may be an alcoholic.
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  Get help.. I was there once... Now I have the best people in my life and I understand what life's about.
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  There are some really f***ing stupid comments on here... People talking about these things they know absolutely NOTHING about. I wish everyone who has commented, that does NOT suffer from Anxiety and/or depression could choke and die.
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  The alcohol will catch up with you. Trust me on this one. Social anxiety will turn into anxiety/panic attacks. Been there, done that. If you're depressed, get on the Lexapro or something else. If you are just so tense you could crack walnuts between your asscheeks (like I was), get on Xanax. Find a good doctor, explain your symptoms and make him/her help you.
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  You're not covering it up well if you're drinking.  You're just trading problems.  Get some help - you want to be treated later for both social anxiety and alcoholism?  
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  i am the same way
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  my wife has it,its ruined our marriage...
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  try a AA meeting it might surprize you everybody there has felt that way (disclaimer) not telling you what your problem is good luck 
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  When I was young, I was terribly shy and very self conscious. At the age of 21, I found that drinking helped me to relax and be fun to be with. By 40, I realized that the alcohol had taken over and now I was just a ugly drunk. It would take a few more years of my life, before I had to isolate myself from the world. I still have my alcohol, But life couldn't be any lonelier. It's to late for me. Get help now. 
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  Yeah, that alcohol really helps things, doesn't it?
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  I self medicate my social anxiety with alcohol too. Your not alone. 
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  One word...Gabapentin. It is a miracle for social anxiety. I thank science everyday.
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  go to see a doctor, and get medication, i had the same problem, after, 6 months, i was find..without the medication, an i live a normal life.
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  So does my dad. (Or he did until he got older-- now he's just a pathetic alcoholic.) I almost went down that path too... but I'm glad I didn't. I don't ever want to hurt the people I love like he hurt me. (And I don't mean physically.)
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  I have watched my father drinking himself to death for thirty years, now I am doing it too.  I know how you feel and can't seem to stop.
 
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  Can anyone recommend a good non-addictive med. that I can ask my Phys. about for social anxiety.
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  YOU THINK ?
 
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  That chick in the photo is HAWT!!
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  Sounds physiological. You need a doctor and possibly medication.
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  I have a social anxiety disorder also.  I recomed Lexapro....thats what im on and it really helps......
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  try pot. drugs can have a contradictory effect i.e. uppers calm naturally hyper people
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  Social Anxiety Disorder.  Known to the rest of us as 'shyness'.  I and many others suffer too, and it's based on self-loathing.  You're no alone in that, it's just we don't have it tatoo'd on our foreheads.  Fortunately!
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