Originally Posted by
fini ". "Long sober" implies an alternative and is therefore AV"
dwtbd,
I do not see it that way. "still sober" implies an alternative, imo, and is AV.
when i say a person is "long sober", to me it denotes simply a fact of lengthy sobriety.
can you share how you see it implying anything other than that?
I made a contextual inference about your question/post, eg that specific wording in the context of this particular thread and the OP.
In general if someone were to use that terminology, I would understand it as you described.
I did think I explained in what context I would identify that terminology usage as AV.