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dry drunk
noun
- an alcoholic who is not currently drinking alcohol but is still following an irregular undisciplined lifestyle like that of a drunkard
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Like every dry drunk, I’ve been told the key to getting through the minefield with your chip intact is to have a plan and stick to it.
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“But, to be honest, there is such a thing as a dry drunk. I could see that he was in a very delicate position.”
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An early girlfriend is “an eccentric small-town empath”; his younger self “the dry drunk poet with a Scrabble board full of mental illness acronyms”; his mother “a lifeguard on the shores of Lake F---ed.”
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Nick is what some AA circles would call a “dry drunk”, someone who acts like an addict even though they’re on the wagon.
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“You are what is considered a ‘dry drunk.’
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