as in drunkenness
habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants
a treatment center for those suffering from alcoholism
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The native New Yorker and two-time Emmy nominee has long contended with health and medical crises, including diabetes, alcoholism and a 2010 kidney transplant, per Rolling Stone.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
The counterfeit bill contains the racial slur, an offensive caricature of a Black person and references to anti-Black stereotypes surrounding alcoholism and reliance on government welfare.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
After years of struggling with alcoholism and self-destruction in London’s chaotic party scene, Rona returns to her childhood home in the remote Orkney Islands of Scotland to rebuild her life.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Yet beneath the pristine public persona were demons that would drive him to alcoholism, scandal, and death from an overdose in 2012 at age 54.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
The counterfeit bill contains the racial slur, an offensive caricature of a Black person and references to anti-Black stereotypes surrounding alcoholism and reliance on government welfare.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
After years of struggling with alcoholism and self-destruction in London’s chaotic party scene, Rona returns to her childhood home in the remote Orkney Islands of Scotland to rebuild her life.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Yet beneath the pristine public persona were demons that would drive him to alcoholism, scandal, and death from an overdose in 2012 at age 54.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Alcoholism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcoholism. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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