011: 7 characteristics of a dry drunk and how to avoid this

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Moira has 9 months of sobriety, has lost 55 pounds and explains how her life is so much better without alcohol.

A Dry Drunk is someone who:

• Has made no emotional or behavioral changes in sobriety
• Someone who simply doesn’t drink and does not work a program or invest time into their recovery

6 Characteristics of a Dry Drunk

1. Selfish
   1. We are all extremely selfish and we think we are in total control at all times. We think we have beat the system
2. My Way or the Highway – Tom Cochrane song.
   1. Spontaneous decisions with only one person in mind
3. The Blah……
   1. Things are getting boring. You’ve quit drinking and your riding the pink could, but what happens after.
   2. Passions disappear
4. We start to forget
   1. The magic of how our brains are wired
5. Sunsets aren’t quite as magnificent
6. Negativity
7. You’re still bat shit crazy
   1. Thinking disease