From the Little Big Book Dictionary ISBN 0966995309;
"Dry Drunk - is not found in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Perhaps drawn from lines in Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions book; " These dry benders"(pg. 90) which refer to an emotional state of being triggered by resentments, anger & other forms of stormy emotions and not a state of being related to drinking alcoholic beverages. This infers that one is either emotionally drunk while not drinking - most often as a judgement of another, suggesting one is not working The Program and that such emotional states are the results. ( We suggest "The Program" isn't to be a tool for eliminating feelings and emotions, but if practiced, will work to provide a more effective and appropriate way of processing and dealing with emotions.)
The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions book addresses emotions at length. "