@thor a good tip i've heard: don't start drinking in the morning, that's the real pandoras box.

alcohol is a bitch and not really easy to replace as it fucks with your GABA system. not many things do that, so it's hard to substitute with anything that isn't even more addictive like benzos.

chamomile is suspected to help with anxiety: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5650245/