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Other than being able to pass a breath test is there a particular reason an adult would abuse benzos over drinking? Sounds like just a more expensive way to accomplish the same thing.
Xanax turns off a different portion of the brain. It feels more like "nothing can bother me". If I've taken Xanax for my panic attacks, the house could be on fire and I'd be the dog with the coffee cup.
Alcohol always tends to feel like a cover up for emotions rather than a clearing out effect, hence why some people get emotional while drinking. Similar, but different at the same time.
IIRC they both act on GABA-A.
Alcohol also acts as an NMDA antagonist like ketamine or nitrous oxide, so the feeling is quite different from benzos
Alcohol increases my anxiety and makes my stomach upset while benzo (prescribed) actually calmed me during strong anxiety episodes without any apparent side effects.
Never taken benzos, but alcohol always upsets my stomach, even if I haven't drank a whole ton. Does this happen with benzos?
I was very low and would order Benzos on the dark web. For me it was because they would know me tf out. I never really used them out of the house as they just leave a blank slot of where you went or what you did. Had the worst withdrawals and heard you can die from that, but the sick thing is I have a longing for that feeling all the time.
tl:dr - Depressed -> alprazolam-> sleep -> work -> repeat.
I mean as a teenager I was a drug dealer nicknamed the mad scientist getting his supply of RCs off the dark web so I get that appeal but grabbing it at the price of US healthcare seems less appealing, especially as an adult that can just pound a pint of whiskey instead.
I'm not advocating benzo use but alcohol has to be one of the worst drugs to abuse, it's horrible
Here they're free with healthcare but booze isn't so less expensive I guess