Most commonly, the term cold turkey applies to quitting drugs or overcoming addiction without tapering off or taking substitutes to ameliorate symptoms. It can also apply to the breaking of any habit, but the drug/alcohol connection is most prevalent.

“Talking turkey” or ...

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