I've name changed for this, as I know people irl who use mn and I don't want anyone to know about the problems I have had with alcohol (apart from OH who is fully aware and supportive of me).
I have been an increasingly heavy drinker over the past several years. It started out (as it often does) with a couple of glasses of wine after work, increasing to a bottle every night and more recently, due to some stressful situations I have had to deal with, two bottles every night. There have been periods where I haven't had any alcohol at all (e.g. three pregnancies, or when I'd given up for a while when dieting), but every time I've quit, I've started again and have gone further than before.
My drinking has come to a head recently, and I decided to cut down and then quit permanently. So far I'm on my fourth alcohol free day, and in that regard feeling pretty pleased with myself. However, I am experiencing some anxiety symptoms. I have had anxiety problems over the past several months due to some rather large life-changing events going on in my family life, so I know that it is anxiety, but I had rather hoped that quitting alcohol would make things better, rather than worse.
I have made an appointment to see a GP about it, but I couldn't get a non-emergency appointment for two weeks (and don't feel it warrants an emergency appointment). However, I wondered if anyone else had experienced increased anxiety when quitting? If so, did the anxiety get better after a certain length of time? I feel that I could perhaps cope with it better if I could hear that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak!