How to Use alcoholism in a Sentence

alcoholism

noun

• The writer Joseph Roth died of alcoholism in Paris in May 1939.
  — Dominic Green, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2022
• Hints that these kinds of drugs could be used in the treatment of alcoholism go back even further.
  — Grace Browne, WIRED, 2 Dec. 2023
• She was taken in at the age of 10 when her father died from alcoholism.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2022
• Her son, Kevin Hunter Jr., says in the film that Williams’ issues have been linked to her alcoholism by physicians.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
• Eddie was deep into the throes of alcoholism back then.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2022
• The two stayed married for 22 years, but divorced due to James's alcoholism.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 July 2022
• Drugs were everywhere, and there was a lot of alcoholism.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
• Like the Bidens, the Sheenes struggled with alcoholism through the generations.
  — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
• Widdy said his trauma led to into alcoholism and run-ins with the law.
  — Britt Clennett, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2022
• Other artists spoke to me of their battles with alcoholism and a son’s suicide.
  — New York Times, 1 June 2022
• After a bout with alcoholism in his late 20s, Rob has been sober for nearly 30 years.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• Your wife’s alcoholism is a disease -- not a lack of willpower or a moral failing on her part.
  — cleveland, 21 June 2021
• The two years away from his sport and the loss of an eye ended his Olympic dreams and sent him hurtling into depression and alcoholism.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2021
• Yeah, well, in a family where alcoholism is the norm, normal isn’t good.
  — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
• Her mother has died, and Jane and her sister (also now struggling with alcoholism) have to get the house ready to sell.
  — Randy Rosenthal, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
• Biden, who struggled with alcoholism and drugs, fathered Navy with Roberts in 2018.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
• That leads to alcoholism and, somehow, trying to stab him with her stiletto heel.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024
• The only member of the family who talked about alcoholism was Biden.
  — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
• In the past, Perry has been open about alcoholism and addiction.
  — Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 21 Feb. 2022
• But his struggle with alcoholism came to define his life.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
• This was after his alcoholism had grown out of control.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2022
• Keiko, as she was called, was a small child when her father fell into alcoholism and gambling.
  — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 7 May 2021
• By the early 1970s Johnson had developed a heroin habit to go along with his alcoholism, and stints on the street and in a psych ward followed.
  — Hazlitt, 26 Apr. 2023
• In the middle of his life, Hyman struggled with alcoholism.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021
• Al-Anon is a support group for families and friends of those struggling with the disease of alcoholism.
  — Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2022
• Danny was open about the mistakes that led to his drug addiction and alcoholism.
  — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2021
• What Fincher needed was someone willing to delve into the writer’s demons, the self-loathing and the alcoholism.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
• One of its new compounds, which the company refers to as 003, will target alcoholism.
  — Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 20 May 2021
• Newly famous and struggling with depression, alcoholism, and an abusive relationship, Blige began writing lyrics for the first time and poured her heart into My Life.
  — Al Shipley, SPIN, 26 Nov. 2024
• As a girl, Mama tried to escape the terrors of poverty, the overcrowded tiny place on a former plantation, her father's alcoholism, and his mistreatment of her mother, as well as some harsh realities of Black southern life.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025