Dry drunk

Dry drunk

"Dry Drunk" has been described as "A condition of returning to one's old alcoholic thinking and behavior without actually having taken a drink." Or as one wise old drunk put it, if a horse thief goes into A.A. what you can end up with is a sober horse thief. Or a personal favorite: you can take the rum out of the fruit cake, but you've still got a fruit cake! [http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/info/a/aa081397.htm]

ee also

* Alcoholism
* Substance abuse

References


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