2006-06-09 15:11:46 · 13 answers · asked by atscarla 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
It is someone who has faced up to the fact that they're an alcoholic and no longer drinks. In AA they teach you that its a disease and you're an alcoholic for life - even if you never drink again. I don't necessarily agree with this but then I've never been in that situation..
2006-06-09 15:16:06 · answer #1 · answered by soulgirl76 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcoholism is commonly considered to be a disease that you have forever, so a "dry" alcoholic is one who doesn't consume ANY alcohol at all, but considers that the disease remains. Often someone takes on this term after considerable time in therapy or Alcoholics Anonymous, although anyone may use it.
So, let's say you wanted to give a friend a taste of some rum cake or amaretto ice cream or even share an amazing herbal remedy that is an extract (most extracts are made/preserved in an alcohol base). They might state "I'm a dry alcoholic, I can't."
Now you know why...
Hope this helps :)
2006-06-09 22:20:19 · answer #2 · answered by fitpro11 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure! I've been in recovery for 16 yrs, and I work a 12 step program. If I had just quit drinking it would have left a void/ don't take something out without replacing it with something. I took out alcohol and filled the void with a program of recovery. Had I not done so I'd be considered a dry alcoholic. Hope that helps.
2006-06-09 22:20:44 · answer #3 · answered by theresa c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it's when alcoholics give up drinking but still sort of grieve for the life they had so are still doing the same behaviours they did when they were alcoholics & being nostalgic about how their life was. i imagine this makes it harder to keep to a no alcohol plan because they haven't really dealt with how/why they started drinking in the first place. if they do the same things and have the same habits as when they were alcoholics, even though they might not be drinking they might be kindof still trying to live the same lifestyle they had if that makes sense? they haven't let go...
2006-06-09 22:24:47 · answer #4 · answered by gaeldami1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is someone who is an alcoholic who isn't drinking but has the symptoms, attitude, responsibilities of an active alcholic, also the same thing as a dry drunk. They are usually not in recovery.
2006-06-09 22:18:40 · answer #5 · answered by bubbles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dry alcoholic is an alcoholic who abstains from drinking, but as an alcoholic he remains one as the addiction to it never goes away, and if he even has one drink he will likely start drinking heavily again.
2006-06-09 22:16:18 · answer #6 · answered by Crowfeather 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A colloquial term generally used to describe someone who has stopped drinking, but who still demonstrates the same alcoholic behaviors and attitudes.
2006-06-09 22:19:36 · answer #7 · answered by paulsmatrix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is, more or less, a slang term used by members and supporters of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
A person described as such no longer imbibes in alcoholic beverages.
2006-06-09 22:27:26 · answer #8 · answered by jon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one that mean or acting out like a drunk and isnt helping others like a clean person is required to do by the program and also it s when the person isnt involved in the process and is making excuses not to work the 12 steps of AA good luck sober andclean 18 years
2006-06-09 22:49:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a person who stopped drinking without going to AA or getting therapy. Often they relapse because they don't know how to cope with the urge to drink.
2006-06-09 22:14:53 · answer #10 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋