HOWLING? –
Aug. 2, 2025 – Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, coined the term emotional sobriety, which, in simple terms, can be defined as inner peace. After many years without a drink, Wilson experienced a bout of depression which almost drove him to a disastrous relapse. Then he wrote Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier, which, in my opinion, is the one piece of AA literature that is the most valuable to nonalcoholic civilians.
Now, dry drunk is a term that I believe people are more familiar with. It’s a way to describe an alcoholic who may no longer drink but still exhibits noxious and destructive behavior. What’s the point of not drinking if all your friends and family find you an insufferable dickhead and no longer want to hang around with you? It’s a puzzle, for sure.
