Dry drunk
Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posts: 28,637
Prayers. I was a very depressed dysfunctional drunk. So what did I become when achieving sobriety? A sober depressed, dysfunctional person. I now work hard on that. Like all wounds- it takes time and work to heal. It does not just happen.
Administrator
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,355
Originally Posted by CLAS 
Hi Dee-I'm bad, but sober. Things are a mess and it's scary. But perhaps I can fight my way out of this. Thanks for asking.
Took me a while, but I picked up every piece and built something good and new out of it.
Don't lose hope
D
Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Dublin, Ireland.
Posts: 739
Sometimes we can be a$sho1es. All of us, drunks and non-drunks.
Sometimes life is hard for us. Drunks and non-drunks.
But I think those of us who have kicked the addiction have to learn (again?) how to cope with difficulties without the soothing balm of booze.
That's hard.
But I do not for one second, buy the label "dry drunk".
It's an unscientific oxymoron.
Sometimes life is hard for us. Drunks and non-drunks.
But I think those of us who have kicked the addiction have to learn (again?) how to cope with difficulties without the soothing balm of booze.
That's hard.
But I do not for one second, buy the label "dry drunk".
It's an unscientific oxymoron.
Member
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 4
Hey,
I'm new to Sober Recovery and found this to be the perfect first thread to comment on. Yes, I would consider myself a dry drunk. I am depressed, anxious, and irritable. Part of that has to do with the fact that I am diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, but yes the emotional problems I had when I drank stay with me now. I was bullied all throughout school, graduated from college but couldn't find a job in my field (journalism), had two failed relationships (one live in, one long distance), work in fast food, and live with my mother at 30 years old. On top of all of that, I got a DUI five years ago and haven't driven since.
So yeah, I do have a lot of baggage still even when sober.
I'm new to Sober Recovery and found this to be the perfect first thread to comment on. Yes, I would consider myself a dry drunk. I am depressed, anxious, and irritable. Part of that has to do with the fact that I am diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, but yes the emotional problems I had when I drank stay with me now. I was bullied all throughout school, graduated from college but couldn't find a job in my field (journalism), had two failed relationships (one live in, one long distance), work in fast food, and live with my mother at 30 years old. On top of all of that, I got a DUI five years ago and haven't driven since.
So yeah, I do have a lot of baggage still even when sober.
Currently Active Users Viewing this Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
