In a meeting I heard an old timer mention the definition his sponsor, who was an old timer from when Bill W. & Dr. Bob were still around gave him for the word "sober":
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Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
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What he shared I did not remember verbatum, but in searching through some old dictionaries from around 1939 I did find the above definition of sober and I quite liked it. I guess for the moment I met the definition, I am no longer mad or insane, nor wild, visionary, or heated with passion, which I certainely was most of the time when I was drinking, today I feel reasonable, in control of myself and actually in posession of myself.
Just thought I would share that, I kind of liked that definition and on knowing that was part of the meaning of the word "sober" when the BB was written I have a better understanding of what old timers mean when they use the word sober, they are not talking about simply not drinking.