Usually means: Sober but retains addictive behaviors.
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  1. dry drunk: Collins English Dictionary
  2. dry drunk: Wiktionary
  3. Dry Drunk, Dry drunk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. dry drunk: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Dry Drunk: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (dry drunk)

noun:  A recovering alcoholic who is not drinking alcohol, but has relapsed mentally and emotionally;
noun:  Such a relapse.
noun:  (by analogy) Any substance addict who has quit using, but remains psychologically dependent.
adjective:  Being a recovering alcoholic who has quit drinking alcohol, but remains psychologically dependent.

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