Dry Drunk
someone who is no longer drinking but is not happy with life. this person usually still has his/her alcoholic mindset but not the booze.
i stopped going to that aa meeting downtown because it was mostly full of dry drunks.
a dry drunk is a person whose brain was affected by years of alcohol abuse, despite the fact that the person had quit alcohol. usually is a result of a person who went cold turkey. the brain usually shrinks
a dry drunk usually exibits the following traits,
– exaggerated self-importance and pomposity
– grandiose behavior
– a rigid, judgmental outlook
– impatience
– childish behavior
– irresponsible behavior
– irrational rationalization
– projection
– overreaction
many consider george w. bush to be a dry drunk, and point to observations of his speeches and other behaviors as evidence of this condition.
a dry drunk is an alcoholic who stops drinking on their own without working a 12-step program. although they are sober and no longer drinking, they still retain behavioral patterns of an alcoholic, which most commonly include:
1. grandiose behavior
2. impulsiveness
3. complacent feelings
former president george w. bush has admitted that he stopped drinking on his own without the help of a 12-step program. by this definition, he would be a dry drunk.
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