The term dry drunk is used when you just stop drinking and that's it
That's exactly the kind of dogma that makes me and many others go straight from an AA meeting to the bar. I'm glad it works for you. It doesn't work for me, and I've tried it many times.
As I said, those five years were happy. I'm a nice, well adjusted person when not drunk so the solution for me is simple: I do not drink no matter what. I realize others need more.