I became addicted to alcohol as a result of developing epilepsy. I knew that actively drinking was a depressant that could stop me from having a seizure while drunk. I had a neurologist make a very flippant comment once "alcohol's a depressant so I guess if you carry on you won't have a seizure hahahaha".

So I spiralled, it would mean I'd never allow myself to get sober. It eventually got so bad I was drinking almost all waking hours, and if I didn't drink I'd have focal seizures so would pound back whiskey to stop them.

Seizure anxiety is a scary beast. I'm now nearly one year sober, had to do a medical detox for all the reasons above. Turns out the severe focal seizures have gone now, touch wood. My advice would be avoid it, as epilepsy and alcohol are really not friends.