"sober" in the Big Book

Mercifully, no one could guess that I was to have no real employment for five years, or hardly draw a sober breath.

He was sober.

Most of us have believed that if we remained sober for a long stretch, we could thereafter drink normally.

In the early days of our drinking we occasionally remained sober for a year or more, becoming serious drinkers again later.

I had eaten there many times during the months I was sober.

He was positive that this humiliating experience, plus the knowledge he had acquired, would keep him sober the rest of his life.

Sometimes we hear an alcoholic say that the only thing he needs to do is to keep sober.

Certainly he must keep sober, for there will be no home if he doesn’t.

These things will come to pass naturally and in good time provided, however, the alcoholic continues to demonstrate that he can be sober, considerate, and helpful, regardless of what anyone says or does.

cuss this with him when he is sober and in good spirits.

They should be thankful he is sober and able to be of this world once more.

When sober, father usually obeyed.

When sober, does

Still physically weak, and sober but a few months, he saw that his predicament was dangerous.

After all, had he not been sober six months now?

But he’s a grand chap when he’s sober, though he’s been in here eight times in the last six months.

Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary.