Sure I used to drink to calm down.
However, I no longer drink.
Are you aware that 'anger' usually comes from 'fear' ?
Jimmy

Didn't know that but maybe that can explain y i get angry. Thanks for the enlightening thought :).x

Yes I'd drink to calm down. But that was such a temporary "fix." It just meant stowing my issues away and eventually they were overwhelming and the booze didnt work.
I think Jack is right. Anger can == fear, insecurity, shame, etc.

I have alot of issues wit other things so maybe anger is a genral emotion to save myself from what I'm really feeling i duno. :/.x

so do you think your an alcoholic?

There are a ton of emotional issues to work out.
I used to drink when I was happy, drink when I was sad,
drink when I won something, drink when I lost something.

When I quit drinking I had to learn to deal with all those emotional
issues ... it's a much better way to live ... but a little tricky at first.

I thought I was a bit of a bad ass and didn't like being told
my anger came from fear ...
I was told when I wake up each morning ...
I had a choice to make ...
my day would either be based on FAITH or FEAR.

If I accepted that things, even things I didn't like, were the way they
were supposed to be ... and had some purpose ... even if I didn't
understand it at the time ... that would be Faith and I'd have no
reason to get mad or pissed ...
If I chose FEAR ... I'd second guess everything and experience
plenty of anger, fear and confusion.

So while I'm not the best at this ... it did/does at least give me
a chance to have a good day usually.
I'm definitely calmer, don't need to get messed up so much, etc.
Good luck with that anger girl,
Jimmy

I used anger to push people away that way i didn't have to be responsible. I don't know if the alcohol was a symptom of my alcoholism it may have been because when I drank i would be one of three things happy sad or mad.And when i drank I couldn't predict which one i would be.

So are you just angry at the world ,or you get angry after you drink alcohol.That's easily fixed don't drink alcohol. Or if alcohol calms you down how much alcohol do you need to achieve that and do you stop when your calm.

I know at times when i drank the alcohol made me feel 12 foot tall and bullet proof. Does it have the same affect on you.

Just curious .

God Bless...

Lionel

I use to drink to calm down from any and all emotions. I drank so I did not have to feel. In the end, drinking only made all of the feelings I was trying to drink away worse.

My anger and angst, which I could have worked through with help, instead became focused on myself after years of boozing and became depilating depression with the drinking. And then rabbit hole got deeper and deeper.......

So I guess I would suggest working through that anger instead of running from it with self medication, ie booze.