alcoholismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæl.kə.hɒl.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈæl.kə.hɑː.lɪ.zəm/the condition of being an alcoholic:
Alcoholism cost me my job, my health, and finally my family.
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Addiction
- -aholic
- addicted
- addictive
- be a slave to sth idiom
- chemical dependency
- compulsive
- cure
- cure sb of sth
- detoxification
- dipsomania
- dipsomaniac
- drunk
- drunkard
- dry out
- habit-forming
- kick
- pledge
- the DTs
- wean sb off sth
- withdrawal symptoms
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