What does "sober" mean?

Question

What does "sober" mean?

Answer 1

not drunk

Answer 2

Sober is not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

Answer 3

not on any type of substance

Answer 4

not drunk or high in any way

Answer 5

It means you're not drunk.

Answer 6

no trace of alcohol in your body

Answer 7

that you are not drunk at all.

recovering alcoholics say they've been 'sober for three months..'

Answer 8

Not in the state of intoxication.  

You are not under the influence.  

You are not drunk.

Answer 9

according to websters dictionary it means not drunk.

Answer 10

it means you haven't had a drink, or done drugs (etc) in an amount of time

example: "I've been sober for 3 months now" (meaning they haven't done a certain thing in 3 months

Answer 11

not drinking at the moment

Answer 12

you're clean of all drugs and/or beer(wine, ect.)

Answer 13

Sober means when you're not under alcohol anymore

Answer 14

i heard it means drug and alcohol free...but ive never experienced it.

Answer 15

NOT drunk!!

Answer 16

Not drink a tip of alcohol.

Answer 17

i agree with ray about AA  and i havent drank since june 17 2000 . AA becomes the addiction that the alcohol was.. I couldnt get on board with their program

Answer 18

Depends on who you're talking to. If it's a normal person, it means you're not drunk.

But to a member of Alcoholics Anonymous it means you have stopped drinking by following the program of AA and doing the Twelve Steps. If you quit drinking but do not use AA and the 12 Steps, you are a dry drunk, a totally useless human being.

To them, "sobriety" is some quasi-mystical state that can only be achieved through their program, like Enlightenment. Failure to do the program and steps properly will cause cause some sort of rift and your Higher Power will not grant you your daily reprieve and you will be struck drunk. For some reason, they think they own that word, "sober", and others aren't allowed to use it, except unless they're talking about AA's definition.

Seriously.

AA members have no respect for people who get sober on their own. They'll claim they must never have been an alcoholics because true alcoholics can only get sober through AA. How's that for circular logic?

Answer 19

Not under the influence of any alcholic beverage or substance. When your "sober" your in your natural state of mind and ability when you "intoxicated" your not in your natural state of mind or awareness.

Answer 20

Means your head is clear of the effects of mind altering substances like alcohol, drugs, etc...

Answer 21

that u dont drink anymore or havent ever been an alcoholic.

Answer 22

There are a few different meanings.

1. not intoxicated or drunk.

2. quiet or calm in behavior, as persons.

3. subdued in tone, as color; not g*y or showy, as clothes.

4. free from excess, extravagance, or exaggeration: sober facts.

5. showing self-control: sober restraint.

6. sane or rational: a sober solution to the problem.

Hope I Helped!

Answer 23

the absence of mind altering substances.  Alcohol, etc..

Answer 24

not drunk

or high

Answer 25

It means you've only had 3 beers, not 5 or 6.