Matthew DavidsonThe problem with leaning on Dame Ethanol is that eventually it stops working and your equanimity is suddenly shattered into hellish anxiety from which there is no escape.
ruben h@mjd http://baclofentreatment.com/practice-guides/anxiety-and-alcoholism-the-missing-piece-of-the-puzzle/ Dr Amanda reckons Baclofen is the go.
@tregeagle Rapid onset and short half life sounds promising. I'm an alcohol advocate generally, but off-label use of it as the only effective non-sedating anxiety relief, when I wouldn't otherwise fancy a drink, is to treat it with disrespect (and deserve inevitable punishment).