Why Alcohol Can Give You Anxiety
Knowing how alcohol affects anxiety may make it less tempting to have a drink to cope. Excessive consumption of alcohol causes dehydration, which can make you feel dizzy and increase your heart rate. Alcohol is a diuretic, which means that it causes excessive expulsion of liquid from the body via urination. For every drink you have, you urinate as much as 50% to 100% more water, and this water is taken from other parts of the body. Don’t feel bad, but do consider cutting back on drinking — or quitting altogether. The review authors reported that reducing alcohol intake could […]