drinking problem

noun

US
: a habit of regularly drinking too much alcohol

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The source material saw Bond with a heavy drinking problem, a 70-cigarette per day average and an occasional amphetamine habit. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 27 June 2025 Jun-ho initially dismisses Woo-seok’s concerns about Captain Park by suggesting that Woo-seok has a drinking problem. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025 Garrison’s roommates and his brother Gabriel told police that Garrison had been struggling with a drinking problem and possible mental health issues. Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025 Flunked out of college because of a drinking problem. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025 Gail may have a bit of a drinking problem, or at the very least enjoys sipping dark liquor in the middle of the day during her sessions. Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025 Assessing Your Risk Of course, not every parent who sips wine at day’s end develops a drinking problem. Kristen Mascia, Parents, 4 Mar. 2025 However, one of them can’t be that Dorit insinuated that Sutton had a drinking problem the year before. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025 This includes accusations of Cooper sharing a deepfake pornographic video of the rapper in June 2024, claiming the rapper had a drinking problem, claiming Pete was lying about being shot despite Peterson’s conviction, and allegedly attempting to pull information on Pete’s father in June 2024. Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 25 Feb. 2025

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