Re(3): The Door Is Always Open Posted on April 1, 2026 at 09:10:23 PM by Dockter Bill
Finally, somebody else corrected Jim's AI version of what's a dry drunk. Yeah, that term is from the AA lifers who don't think anybody can recover without praying and following the Steps. They're pretty much stuck in the 1934 version of the Big Book. That's similar to the cult of what are now evangelical Protestants who are now defined as "Christian Nationalists" not to be confused with Jesus followers who aren't nearly so racist as 90 years ago.
Addictions have been well studied since then and those who did, know a thing or two about a thing or two.
If you know somebody struggling, tell em to write down the drug Naltrexone (in pill form) which is way cheaper than the periodic injection. With that, you can successfully white knuckle because Naltrexone gets rid of the cravings of booze and most addictive narcotic people develop a craving for.
If youre friend hasn't lost his job, its not expensive, less that a tall bottle of booze, but if he's hit bottom, he needs to find a county addiction program that links up with a mental health department that hires MD's. It's a Prescription drug, very effective. Look it up but for all I know there are even better ones these days.
White Knuckle sobreity isn't to be confused with a "dry drunk." Thats someone that's still an asshole who can't filter his mouth, but has quit drinking. He ACTS like a drunk but he doesn't drink.
The biggest social problem with heavy drinkers is that alcohol numbs the filter that usually keeps people from getting into fights with their spouses or other big mouths at the local tavern.
Lot of those redneck dry drunks go to AA. Disagree with them and you'll see quickly how disagreeable they can be no matter how many years of sobriety they claim. Assholery just seeps out of their mouths, drunk or sober. Thats because even sober, the root causes of their issues remain either undiagnosed or untreated.
Like most people, they don't know what they don't know, even if they claim to walk the walk enough to be newbee's sponsors. If you get a sponsor that breaks your confidences to gossip with his friends, take him out back of the hall and just shoot him. Fair chance no one will even miss him except at the meetings, because most divorced years ago.