drinking problem

noun

US
: a habit of regularly drinking too much alcohol

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However, one of them can’t be that Dorit insinuated that Sutton had a drinking problem the year before. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025 This includes accusations of Cooper sharing a deepfake pornographic video of the rapper in June 2024, claiming the rapper had a drinking problem, claiming Pete was lying about being shot despite Peterson’s conviction, and allegedly attempting to pull information on Pete’s father in June 2024. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 25 Feb. 2025 Written by Escola, Oh Mary! reimagines the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, depicting her as a wannabe cabaret star with a drinking problem who is discontented with her life in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2025 Oh Mary! reimagines the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, depicting her as a wannabe cabaret star with a drinking problem. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Feb. 2025 But his drinking problem, which Susan first noticed on the Dirty Dancing tour a dozen years earlier, had grown into a major issue on a tour that, according to a Starr dictate, was 100 percent dry. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025 Maybe their drinking problem is whispered about in the kitchen while someone carves the turkey or plates the pumpkin pie. Jane Hillstrom, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024 The shooter also wants access to his mom's presentence investigation report, in which Jennifer Crumbley talks about, among other things, her consumption of alcohol — the prosecution portrayed her as having a drinking problem — and alleges that her husband engaged in threatening behavior. Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2024 Husk’s got a drinking problem, a broken (and unspoken) family past, and a giant surgery scar running up his chest. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024

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