If I'm anxious about meeting people, will drinking help me relax?

If I'm anxious about meeting people, will drinking help me relax?

Drinking is social lubricant. The thing that people need lubrication from is this fear of taking risks. If you can go into a school with this expection of it will take me a little while to find my place and I need to get to know people and I need to create a world filled with options, then you don't need to worry about what other people are thinking. You can really be true to who you are. When it comes to anxiety, know that you don't have to drink and make sure that as part of your mapping out your college experience you connect with people who have similar values, so that when those friends are doing things you don't want to do you then have the opportunity and feel empowered to say no.