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What about Ginny & Georgia’s love lives? To start, Ginny’s love interest, Marcus, is spiraling, with his drinking problem worsening rapidly.
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Charley Ross, Glamour, 6 June 2025
Again, Affleck said his recovery could have gone easier if the public didn’t know about his drinking problem.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
His buddy and pseudo-boss, Paul Souter (Sam Neill), smells bourbon on Kyle’s breath — during his shift — which means, yes, our antihero has a drinking problem.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 July 2025
Indeed, Delaney’s personal life has been marred by what appears to be a pretty entrenched drinking problem, which has affected her career and led to very un-Diane Russell-like brushes with the law, the Daily Mail and other outlets have reported.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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
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Charley Ross, Glamour, 6 June 2025
Again, Affleck said his recovery could have gone easier if the public didn’t know about his drinking problem.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
His buddy and pseudo-boss, Paul Souter (Sam Neill), smells bourbon on Kyle’s breath — during his shift — which means, yes, our antihero has a drinking problem.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 July 2025
Indeed, Delaney’s personal life has been marred by what appears to be a pretty entrenched drinking problem, which has affected her career and led to very un-Diane Russell-like brushes with the law, the Daily Mail and other outlets have reported.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
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
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“Drinking problem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drinking%20problem. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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