A Dry Drunk, Who Me?

Posted by admin on January 17, 2008

The Dry Drunk can be a problem to themselves and others.
Alcoholics Anonymous informally refers to the alcoholic who has stopped drinking, but who still demonstrates similar alcoholic attitudes and behaviors, as a #8220;dry drunk.#8221;
They say that such an individual has abstinence but not sobriety.
This concept has been adopted by most twelve-step Fellowships such as Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous and Marijuana Anonymous .
It appears on almost all of the Web sites devoted to the different addictions, although characteristics of the dry drunk syndrome differ widely from site to site.
Most often mentioned are:
(1) depression;
(2) anxiety;
(3) irritability, anger;
(4) grandiosity, pomposity, an inflated ego;
(5) an inability to delay gratification, impatience and impulsivity;
(6…

Filed Under: News - Comments: Be the First to Comment



top