WordNet
n. Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms [syn: alcoholism, inebriation, drunkenness]
Usage examples of "alcohol addiction".
In terms of the application of science-based knowledge, there is a belief among professionals that compulsive sex, shopping, gambling, and Internet use are related to each other and to drug and alcohol addiction, but that the addictions are different from the anxiety-based obsessive-compulsive disorders dealt with in chapter 5.
Okay enough that at fourteen Joey was already being treated for alcohol addiction.
Jake had recently gone through rehab for drug and alcohol addiction, and I knew he'd been fighting to keep from slipping up again.
Her ears were pointed, and the alcohol addiction had melted her skin like putty.
Captain Roth's recurrent alcohol addiction, failing marriage, and financial crisis.
Roth's recurrent alcohol addiction, failing marriage, and financial crisis.
Miss Griffen is rumoured to have undergone a lengthy struggle with drug and alcohol addiction, having been hospitalized on several occasions.
Hornpipe was drenched in sweat, like someone kicking a heroin or alcohol addiction.