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 “dry drunk.”
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) self-pity;
(7) being a workaholic, other compulsive behaviors, tunnel vision, a lack of balance;
(8) intolerance, rigidity, being overly judgmental;
(9) nostalgia toward or romanticizing of one’s drinking or drug use;
(10) emotional constriction, lack of spontaneity, failure to enjoy life; and -
(11) generally being restless, irritable and discontent.
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