Story behind the song, "Still Drunk at Sober"

We were returning home early one morning from a gig the night before. It was a Sunday, and we noticed many erratic crazy drivers on the roads. I rhetorically asked Linda, "What is up with all these crazy ass drivers?" She replied, "They're still drunk at sunrise." I said, "That's a song!" I began thinking about all the drinking till your drunk, masking the pain songs out there, and then I thought, "What about a sober person? How do they cope without taking a drink?" So, the title changed to "Still Drunk at Sober."

I wrote this song about a man who has been sober since age 29 after being arrested by the police. He had a woman he loved with a family. But, suddenly she left them (It is not known how or why she left). Now he is back in Memphis, drunk and masking the pain he is in without ever taking a drink. The feeling of being drunk and in pain is still there for him although he never actually takes a drink. Hence, he declares he is Still Drunk at Sober. It is a song about the pain of loss. It is a song about coping with that pain and recognizing one's feelings about the loss.