alcohol recovery
Quitting the bottle
Alcohol recovery is the process of overcoming alcohol addiction or dependence.
The term encompasses both the initial period of stopping drinking and the ongoing work of maintaining sobriety: She's been in alcohol recovery for three years.
Recovery typically involves treatment, support groups, and lifestyle changes.
The word recovery implies something regained—health, clarity, control over one's life.
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- dry drunkAbstinent but unchanged addict
- detoxSubstance removal process
- cold turkeyImmediate complete cessation
- rehabAddiction treatment program
sober living · twelve-step · higher power · sponsor · AA · meeting · support group · withdrawal · clean · sober · craving · temptation · white knuckle · healing · making amends · amends · serenity · support
- Alcohol RecoveryAlcoholics Anonymous, AA, rehab, detox, AA meetings
- healing programswellness programs, rehab, detox, aftercare, residential treatment
alcohol recoveryalcohol dependence
Compulsive need to drink
alcohol abuse · alcoholism · substance abuse · addiction · problem drinking
alcohol recoveryrelapse
Return to former illness
falling off the wagon · backsliding · deterioration · spiraling · self-destruction
alcohol recoveryheavy drinking
chronic drinking · drinking problem · alcohol consumption · drunkenness · inebriation
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