on the wagon
Sworn off booze
On the wagon means abstaining from alcohol, typically after a period of heavy drinking.
The phrase implies a deliberate choice to stay sober: He's been on the wagon for six months now.
Someone who falls off the wagon has resumed drinking after a period of abstinence.
The expression extends occasionally to other addictive behaviors.
- abstainDeliberately not do
- teetotalAvoiding all alcohol
- dryFree from moisture
- stone cold soberEntirely free of intoxication
- clean livingMorally upright lifestyle
alcohol-free · sober curious · detox · temperance · mocktail · designated driver · dry January · recovery · one day at a time · sponsor · pledge · prohibition · temptation · willpower · AA · self-control · relapse prevention · twelve-step program
- Drinking Slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, plastered, smashed
- sobrietysober, sobriety, abstinence, abstinent, abstainer
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- drunkennessdrunk, tipsy, buzzed, intoxicated, inebriated
on the wagonoff the wagon
Resumed addictive behavior
hitting the bottle · boozing · tippling · alcoholic · drunkard
on the wagonoff the rails
Behaving erratically or chaotically
out of control · lost control · backsliding · lapsed · fallen
on the wagonoff the rails
Behaving erratically or chaotically
out of control · backsliding · relapsing · indulging · letting loose