As someone with social anxiety . I ' m not a big drinker , but do drink on occasion . Once you ' re drunk you don ' t care . The anxiety is gone . I actually would not classify it as a lack of control unless you get absolutely plastered . Reduced inhibitions , yes , so something that would normally give you anxiety to say or do , you might instead not consider the consequences or worry about it and just do it . But you aren ' t all of a sudden going to become a different person and do something you legitimately wouldn ' t do sober unless you just felt awkward or nervous about doing it . A good example is karaoke . You might enjoy singing , but sober you ' re too nervous and worried that you won ' t be good enough and people will laugh . Drunk , you might say eh , so what . I wanna do it so I ' m gonna do it . Personally I ' m introverted and shy sober just as my natural personality , so even drunk I ' m still like hell naw karaoke , I like singing but not in public . A buzz is called a buzz because your head feels kinda tingly and you just feel more relaxed . You worry less . THAT is the appeal . If you drink too much , some people like the feeling , but you might start feeling woozy . And the next day you might feel sick or sore if you have a hangover . I personally don ' t usually feel like it ' s worth it , but some do . With social anxiety . the anxiety is preventing you from wanting to drink because you worry what you might do after imbibing . But in all likelihood you ' re not going to make an ass of yourself or say or do anything you wouldn ' t normally , unless you ' re drinking to get smashed . Once you have a few drinks , you ' re less anxious . It might not go away completely depending on the severity of it , but it could help . But the next day you might go oh god why did I say that , that was stupid . But you said it because you thought it and wanted to say it . You just didn ' t consider the aftermath .