Psychology: Why does alcohol help ease anxiety and worry?

What would cause someone with anxiety to begin to self-medicate with alcohol?

What does alcohol do help the patient with their anxiety?

Also, this would do more harm than good in the long run, correct?

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Boleuskas · M

It does not help at all, it just gives you brief sense of calm and peace, but as the time goes by you start drinking more and more snd now you have two issues instead of one