Ancedotal Evidence provides insight into the “Dry Drunk”

I live with a dry drunk, 7 years now. I would definitely like to read more about this “syndrome”? He functions to work (age 74), but can’t focus on anything else like finishing projects at home. He doesn’t enjoy anything or anyone anymore. He has literally stopped living. I am only 59 and I am ready to throw in the towel?

Inside The Alcoholic Brain

Alcoholics Anonymous refers to the alcoholic who has stopped drinking, but who still demonstrates alcoholic attitudes and behaviors, as a “dry drunk.” Such individuals are said to have sobriety but not recovery. We will explore the dry drunk syndrome in more detail in later blogs. The dry drunk syndrome highlights to us that there is more to addiction and alcoholism than substance abuse and dependence. There is an underlying “malady” which is often present before drinking or drug use and which appears to worsen via the toxic effects of substance abuse. In other words, what was there before hand, whatever vulnerability to later addiction, became a lot worse via years of abusing substances.

We have mentioned many times via various blogs that we feel this vulnerability is an inherent emotional processing and regulation deficit.

In later blogs we will hope to demonstrate how being a dry drunk or in the action…

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TGIF

Such an eloquent way of stating the snow “storms”! We get the same here in Kansas. Always a lot if hype comes before the snow or ice! Schools close with even a hint of “below 0 wind chill”! I find it ridiculous as we went to school in 10 feet of snow in Erie! But as Andrea stated, the first snows are the most peaceful and beautiful, I always get up early morning to see the glistening ice drops on the trees! Makes for a peaceful time reflecting!

Andrea Lynn Taylor

Every winter DC gets really hyped up about the small chance of snow. I don’t know if it’s because everyone here is super Type A and frantic but we can’t get half an inch without most schools, businesses and even the fed gov’t shutting down! This {hilarious} Buzzfeed article pretty much sums it up.

My favorite part of a snowstorm in early December is after it is over when everything is dusted white and shining in the sun. Occasionally, we’ll get a blockbuster, but it is usually just enough to coat the ground and trees. There is magic in watching the season shift from fall to winter. Everything is losing color and dying yet it still looks so alive covered in a bit of ice. I captured these photos a couple hours after our storm on Tuesday just before most of it all melted. The first snowstorm of the year is always the most fun.

Happy Friday! 🙂

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