sobering up
Regaining mental clarity
Sobering up is the process of becoming less drunk as alcohol leaves your system.
Time is the only real remedy—coffee and cold showers don't speed it along.
The phrase extends to any return to clear-headedness or seriousness: The election results were a sobering-up moment for the party.
Removing harmful substances internally
- hydrationBodily fluid replenishment
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- headacheCranial pain
hangover · electrolytes · water · rest · sleep · metabolism · flushing · sweating
Recovery from injury/addiction
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- twelve-stepAddiction recovery framework
- AATwo-letter abbreviation
- sponsorFunder of activities
meetings · counseling · therapy · relapse · support · clean · dry · treatment
Sorrow over past actions
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- reflectionReturned light or thought
introspection · realization · embarrassment · self-reproach · cringe · apology · amends · morning-after
Clearness of mind
- clear-headednessMental sharpness and focus
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- focusConcentrated attention point
sharpness · cognition · perception · realization · waking · consciousness · acuity · sense
Settlement of accounts
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- eye-openingSurprisingly informative or enlightening
- groundingConnecting to earth
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
humbling · serious · grave · stark · reflection · maturity · realization
detoxification
Removing harmful substances internally
- hydrationBodily fluid replenishment
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
headache · hangover · electrolytes · water · rest · sleep · metabolism · flushing · sweating · tremors
rehabilitation
Recovery from injury/addiction
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- twelve-stepAddiction recovery framework
- AATwo-letter abbreviation
sponsor · meetings · counseling · therapy · relapse · support · clean · dry · treatment · intervention
regret
Sorrow over past actions
reflection · introspection · realization · embarrassment · self-reproach · cringe · apology · amends · morning-after · flashback
lucidity
Clearness of mind
- clear-headednessMental sharpness and focus
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- alertnessActive mental awareness
focus · sharpness · cognition · perception · realization · waking · consciousness · acuity · sense · judgment
reckoning
Settlement of accounts
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- eye-openingSurprisingly informative or enlightening
- groundingConnecting to earth
perspective · humbling · serious · grave · stark · reflection · maturity · realization
- sobrietyabstinence, abstinent, abstainer, teetotal, teetotaler
- drinkingbooze, liquor, guzzling, gulping, chugging
- reinventionfresh start, starting over, new beginning, clean slate, new chapter
- detoxdetox, cleanse, detoxification, drug detox, detox tea
- drunkennessdrunk, tipsy, buzzed, intoxicated, inebriated
- intoxicationdrunk, inebriated, intoxication, inebriation, drunkenness
sobering upgetting drunk
Becoming intoxicated by alcohol
getting wasted · binge drinking · hitting the bottle · tying one on · boozing
sobering updrunk
Impaired by alcohol
wasted · smashed · hammered · plastered · intoxicated
sobering upletting loose
Removing restraints or inhibitions
cutting loose · losing oneself · getting carried away · escapism · checking out
sober, sobering, sobered, sobers, soberly, soberness, sobriety