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Sobriety is solemn or dignified personal behaviour, in particular abstinence with regard to (typically) the consumption of alcoholic beverages or illicit drugs. It is also sometimes applied to the figurative 'consumption' of pornography, video games, DVDs, CDs, books, and the like.

The common phrase clean and sober refers to both not taking illicit drugs ("clean") and not drinking alcohol ("sober").

Other uses

In neuro-linguistic programming, sobriety is the state of not acting out in an addiction.

External links

A Discipline of Sobriety by Bhikkhu Bodhi

Another Word for Sober by Kim Thompson Park

Sober Recovery Drug Addiction Treatment Center

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 ==Other uses==
-In [[neuro-linguistic programming]], ''sobriety'' is the state of not [[acting out]] in an [[addiction]]. Drug addicts often say they are sober when they are willing to stop acting out in personal bottom-line addictive behaviour on a daily basis.
+In [[neuro-linguistic programming]], ''sobriety'' is the state of not [[acting out]] in an [[addiction]].
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