Anxiety-Themed Cocktail Recipes To Spice Up Your Therapy Group

Therapy group is an important part of treatment for your anxiety disorder. But gosh is it ever a drag. Spending hours listening to each other’s worry journals can be pretty dry, so why not moisten things up with a few fun cocktails? After all, there’s no better way to practice Progressive Muscle Relaxation than with a Long Island iced tea. Here are a few fun and flirty cocktail recipes to share with your Cognitive Behavioral Therapy group!
The OCDaquiri

- 3 tbsps lime juice.
- 2 cups ice blended in a food processor. Hey, ever wonder what might happen if one of those blades came off and embedded itself in your forehead?
- 6 tbsps rum
- ½ tbsp simple syrup
- Stir exactly 10 times or terrible things will happen.
The Hypochondria “Mai Taime On This Earth Feels Terrifyingly Fleeting”

- 6 tbsps pineapple juice
- 1 tbsp grapefruit juice
- Wait… grapefruit juice?
- Grapefruit juice increases the potency of certain medications
- Didn’t you have a Tylenol three days ago?
- Oh no
- Relax, it’s only a tiny amount of grapefruit juice
- Let’s move on
- 1 tsp grenadine syrup
- Wait does grenadine come from the Grenadines islands?
- The CDC issued an alert level two warning about Zika in the Grenadines
- Not just an alert level one but a TWO
- 3 ounces orange juice
- 2 ounces coconut rum
- Is there ZIKA in your GRENADINE!?
The Seasonal Affective Disorder “Dark ‘n Stormy”

Seriously though, what are the symptoms of Zika? Is it deadly? I mean I do have a headache. And my neck is a bit stiff. Does the CDC even screen imported grenadine?
Gineralized Anxiety Disorder (and Tonic)

Congratulations, GAD sufferers! You have the “salad” of anxiety disorders! A little bit of this, a dash of that, all grouped together under a diagnosis that seems like it was named after the collective shrug of doctors. What exactly do those of us with this disorder worry about? Anything! The world is our anxiety oyster, full of new and surprising ways to panic. Here’s a classic gin and tonic recipe that pairs well with your fear salad:
- 1 shot gin
- 4 ounces tonic water
- Slice of lime
- 1 tbsp grapefruit juice
- Hey wait a minute GRAPEFRUIT JUICE again? Are you trying to poison me??
Social Anxiety Beer

Ingredients:
- Don’t show up to the therapy group cocktail party
- Beer