He's still groggy.

Shit. I'm all groggy.

You're groggy enough, partner. Wait here.

Like, uh like something to make us groggy or something.

You ought to see him dance. He's got all the babes groggy. Take a dance!

The cure, such as it was, finally came about, years behind schedule, not through fiscal bleeding, but by massive monetary stimulus. When the groggy patient eventually staggered to its feet, the champions of fiscal bleeding triumphantly proclaimed that austerity had worked.

A person will typically feel groggy when awoken from this stage, and indeed, cognitive tests administered after awakening from stage 3 indicate that mental performance is somewhat impaired for periods up to 30 minutes or so, relative to awakenings from other stages.