When a pronounced alcoholic decides or is forced into a dry spell with every intention to return to that lifestyle eventually.
Tim: Where's Jim? He drank everyone under the table last week!
Kim: He'll be out of the barrel for a while, he took up a course to get his certs.
Kim: He'll be out of the barrel for a while, he took up a course to get his certs.
by letfireraindown November 16, 2010