Kelley Kitley

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RECOVERable: Mental Health and Addiction Experts Answer Your Questions · Alcohol Addiction Symptoms: Signs You Shouldn't Ignore · 28 May 2026 podcast

Some people say, I just don't drink anymore and they don't like the label at all.

So when somebody chooses a sober lifestyle, that means that they have potentially decided to not engage in any substances.

Some people qualify by saying, I'm sober from alcohol, but maybe they're not sober from, say, marijuana.

But then...

The piece of recovery is so important because the word that I was going to use where I got sidetracked was being a dry drunk is a term that people have used historically where they give up the substance, but maybe they're not living a connected life and feeling either spiritually connected or having a better purpose or engaging more with their family, that they're just kind of going through the motions and not making any other emotional or behavioral changes.

as we were talking about before, oftentimes there's a comorbidity with alcohol use where somebody may be experiencing depression or anxiety or bipolar disorder, so many other comorbidities in conjunction to that.

And if they're not treating what's underneath

the alcohol use, then those symptoms remain without the substance.

So maybe they're more angry or they're agitated or they don't have mental clarity because they're not practicing emotional sobriety.

Maybe they're not working through past traumas.

And that's why

Therapy or 12-step meetings can be so helpful because it helps us to unpack some of the emotional components of maybe what led to our drinking and helps us get support in community.

So there is a huge difference between just stopping and then also moving.

eliminating the substance and working a program of recovery that is aligned and connected.

I'm a social worker, so I look at the person and environment.

What are the other things that make somebody whole, spiritual, professional, family and friends, activities, hobbies, all of those things?

My hope is that people live a life of recovery and

And if they're not, I do know people who said, I never knew the difference.

I just stopped drinking and then make that shift.

So it's never too

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