Three years ago in 2009, I wrote a post about quitting drinking alcohol and starting a healthy lifestyle. Well, that only lasted about six months and then I gradually started drinking a glass of wine or two per day, and that eventually escalated to going out on weekends again and getting drunk to the point of blacking out. So my depression and social anxiety came back because of all the harmful side effects from binge drinking.
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Growing up, I always imagined that I’d eventually become successful in life. Back then, I knew nothing about social anxiety. Actually, it’s only been recently that I’ve been able to fully understand why I am the way I am – and that it actually had a name.

Granted, I knew there was something different about me because I always struggled getting along with people. I knew I was shy, but I didn’t think a little “shyness” would eventually lead to the life I have now. (more…)