Sobriety

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This article is about the avoidance of drugs and alcohol. For other uses, see Sober.
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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").

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

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