sober
Stone cold lucid
Sober describes someone who is not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or the state of being clearheaded and in full possession of one's faculties.
It extends to describe personalities and demeanors that are serious, restrained, and free from excess: a sober assessment of the situation, sober colors.
The verb sober means to become or make someone sober, often in the phrase sober up.
A sobering experience is one that makes you serious or thoughtful, often by confronting you with harsh reality.
Regaining what was lost
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- teetotalerComplete abstainer from liquor
rehabilitation · clean · dry · non-drinker · twelve-step · sponsor · meetings · relapse
Focused on workable solutions
- levelheadedCalm and judicious
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- practicalSuited for real use
- clear-eyedPerceiving without distortion
hardheaded · grounded · rational · reasonable · dispassionate · objective · unromantic · unsentimental
Mentally sharp and comprehensible
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- awareHaving knowledge of
- consciousMentally present and alert
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
focused · coherent · clear-eyed · unclouded · attentive · cognizant · present · composed
Serious and dignified
- graveSerious and worrying
- somberGravely serious in mood
- earnestSincerely intense in purpose
- subduedReduced in intensity
sedate · staid · dignified · formal · restrained · measured · weighty · thoughtful
Severely simple and unadorned
- starkSevere and unadorned
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
simple · subdued · restrained · modest · spare · minimalist · monochromatic · neutral
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
teetotaler · rehabilitation · clean · dry · non-drinker · twelve-step · sponsor · meetings · relapse · AA
pragmatic
Focused on workable solutions
- levelheadedCalm and judicious
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- practicalSuited for real use
clear-eyed · hardheaded · grounded · rational · reasonable · dispassionate · objective · unromantic · unsentimental · matter-of-fact
lucid
Mentally sharp and comprehensible
sharp · focused · coherent · clear-eyed · unclouded · attentive · cognizant · present · composed · collected
solemn
Serious and dignified
subdued · sedate · staid · dignified · formal · restrained · measured · weighty · thoughtful · muted
austere
Severely simple and unadorned
- starkSevere and unadorned
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
unadorned · simple · subdued · restrained · modest · spare · minimalist · monochromatic · neutral · unfussy
- abstinencecelibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting, self-denial
- addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
- substance abuseaddiction, abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use
- Drinking Slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, plastered, smashed
- sobrietyabstinence, abstinent, abstainer, teetotal, teetotaler
- recoveryrecovery, rehab, recover, recovery room, early recovery
- sober upBecome unimpaired again
- sobered upReturned to sobriety
- sobering upReturning to sobriety
- stone cold soberEntirely free of intoxication
- sober as a judgeCompletely free from intoxication
- sobriety testImpairment assessment procedure
sobriety, sobering, soberly, sobered, sobers, soberness, insobriety, soberer, soberest