Sobriety is solemn or dignified personal behaviour, in particular abstinence with regard to (typically) the consumption of alcoholic beverages or illicit drugs. Behavior or behaviour (see spelling differences) refers to the actions or Reactions of an object or Organism, usually Abstinence is a voluntary restraint from indulging a desire or appetite for certain bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal 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. Neuro-linguistic programming (or NLP) is an Interpersonal communication model applied in Psychotherapy and other contexts of communication and change Acting out is a psychological term meaning to perform an action to express (often subconscious emotional conflicts The term " addiction " is used in many contexts to describe an obsession compulsion or excessive Physical dependence or psychological dependence such as

See also

• Alcoholism

External links

• A Discipline of Sobriety by Bhikkhu Bodhi

• Another Word for Sober by Kim Thompson Park

• Sober Recovery Drug Addiction Treatment Center