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drink problem

n. alcoholism

Usage examples of "drink problem".

The whole Camillus family seemed to have a drink problem on this trip.

Tell someone that you've got a drink problem, or an eating disorder, or your dad died when you were a kid even, and you can almost see their eyes light up with the sheer fascinating drama and pathos of it all, because you've got an issue, something for them to get involved in, to talk about and analyse and discuss and maybe even cure.

He had something of a drink problem and the beginnings of a drug habit.

So I decided to dodge the drink problem with a polite suggestion, but before I had it framed she demanded, “.

In fact, halfway through the twentieth century my drink problem got right out of hand.

He thought he might have a drink problem, not of his making but one passed on to him in his new body.

The owner of the pub is Maurice Allington, a man with a drink problem and several other problems of a personal nature which lead to the disaffection of his second wife and the alienation of his young daughter.

The prospect of having the health of his men in the hands of a drunkard - and concern about what might happen if any of them were wounded in battle - had led to Ramage and Southwick effecting a ruthless cure of Bowen's drink problem.