Oh please shut up. Some people need the medication to function, don't act as if you know better than anyone about Xanax. You don't know why he was prescribed Xanax and you don't get to act all might and high just because YOU don't feel like you need it. OP deserved it for messing with his medication, NOT for having a medication!

I used to have a major problem with anxiety but don't have it anymore. I had a look around and found a drug called Buspirone. Most doctors have never heard of it, but its in their medications books, just ask them to take a look. It works just as well as Valium, with much less side effects, and best of all - unlike benzodiazepines - it isn't addictive.

Seriously? You obviously don't have very serious anxiety if you'd bash someone for taking Xanax. Panic attacks are EXTREMELY painful. Example: my uncle, whose job is in the medical field actually had to go to the ER because of the pain in his chest and inability to control it. Not everyone is lucky enough to just push through it, and sometimes the side effects of taking a pill are much less harsh than the effects of unstablized anxiety. There are several times that taking a benzo for my panic attacks has saved my life because of the things I think of doing during a panic attack. I have been on several benzodiazepine based drugs for about 5 years and I have NEVER had an issue with abuse or dependency of them. I do not take them unless I need them and I continue to go to an anxiety specialist to work on coping methods that don't involve drugs. So just because YOU can't take medication responsibly doesn't mean it works that way for everyone.

Taking narkotics is a sin! It's better to die than do drugs. God gave us this illness to test our strength.