sobered
Lost the levity
Sobered is the past tense of sober.
To sober is to become less drunk as alcohol leaves the system: He sobered up before driving home.
More often, sobered describes becoming serious or subdued after confronting something grave: The news of layoffs sobered the whole office.
A sobering experience brings you back to harsh reality.
Recovery from injury/addiction
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- healingRestoration of health
- cleanFree of soil
dry · 12-step · withdrawal · treatment · counseling · support · overcoming · redemption
Serious and worrying
- solemnSerious and dignified
- earnestSincerely intense in purpose
- pensiveQuietly, sadly thoughtful
- reflectiveCasting back light
subdued · thoughtful · chastened · somber · humbled · tempered · steadied · composed
Return to consciousness
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
reckoning · understanding · awareness · clarity · discernment · wake-up call · eye-opening · disillusionment
Habitual moderation in behavior
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
prudence · composure · equanimity · fortitude · resolve · caution · responsibility · judgment
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- healingRestoration of health
clean · dry · 12-step · withdrawal · treatment · counseling · support · overcoming · redemption · amends
grave
Serious and worrying
reflective · subdued · thoughtful · chastened · somber · humbled · tempered · steadied · composed · measured
awakening
Return to consciousness
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
enlightenment · reckoning · understanding · awareness · clarity · discernment · wake-up call · eye-opening · disillusionment · comprehension
temperance
Habitual moderation in behavior
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
willpower · prudence · composure · equanimity · fortitude · resolve · caution · responsibility · judgment · steadiness
soberedintoxicated
Affected by alcohol
drunk · inebriated · plastered · hammered · tipsy
- 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
- sober houseSubstance-free group residence
sober, sobering, soberly, sobers, soberness, soberer, soberest, sober up