Alcoholism
noun
A serious problem where a person cannot stop drinking alcohol and depends on it.
Her life was ruined by alcoholism.
Often appears as...
- suffer from alcoholism
- struggle with alcoholism
noun
A state of disease that makes a person lose control of their drinking behavior.
He has been medically diagnosed with alcoholism.
Often appears as...
- diagnosis of alcoholism
- treatment for alcoholism
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Disapproving
Technical
noun
A serious problem where a person cannot stop drinking alcohol and depends on it.
Her life was ruined by alcoholism.
Often appears as...
- suffer from alcoholism
- struggle with alcoholism
noun
A state of disease that makes a person lose control of their drinking behavior.
He has been medically diagnosed with alcoholism.
Often appears as...
- diagnosis of alcoholism
- treatment for alcoholism
Usage tips
Disapproving
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'alcoholism' carries a negative meaning, as it refers to a serious problem.
Her family's history of alcoholism worried her.
Pro Tip 2/3Continuous Struggle
'Alcoholism' suggests a long-term battle, not a one-time event.
He is dealing with alcoholism, fighting it every day.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Impact
The term often hints at how alcoholism can damage relationships and work life.
Alcoholism tore apart her close-knit family.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'alcoholism' carries a negative meaning, as it refers to a serious problem.
Her family's history of alcoholism worried her.
Pro Tip 2/3Continuous Struggle
'Alcoholism' suggests a long-term battle, not a one-time event.
He is dealing with alcoholism, fighting it every day.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Impact
The term often hints at how alcoholism can damage relationships and work life.
Alcoholism tore apart her close-knit family.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'alcoholism' carries a negative meaning, as it refers to a serious problem.
Her family's history of alcoholism worried her.
Pro Tip 2/3Continuous Struggle
'Alcoholism' suggests a long-term battle, not a one-time event.
He is dealing with alcoholism, fighting it every day.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Impact
The term often hints at how alcoholism can damage relationships and work life.
Alcoholism tore apart her close-knit family.
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The Human Cost of Sugar...
delivery venta en cualquier parte every time these companies have been faced with the facts they've grasped at straws and tried to blame alcoholism volcanoes whatever to deny their role the disease is multifactorial and we all believe that the question is when do you start taking responsibility for what you
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Why should you read...
Poe lived in poverty throughout his career, and his personal life was often as dark as his writing. He was haunted by the loss of his mother and his wife, who both died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. Poe struggled with alcoholism and frequently antagonized other popular writers.
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
her family's financial instability and her father's alcoholism something he had battled for years forced amelia to move to boston where she helped to support her mother and sister she'd been studying to be a doctor and she didn't really have the money to become a doctor
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The Profound Power of...
For much of her life, she had this complicated relationship with her mom. She was holding on to decades of resentment. Some of it was tied up in her mom's alcoholism. But now her mom was dying of cancer. And as heart-wrenching as it was to admit,
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you are actually putting yourself at significant risk for developing clinical depression, alcoholism, eating disorders, and even cardiovascular disease. The problem is, the urge to ruminate can feel really strong and really important,
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What is McCarthyism? And...
It was his investigation of the army that finally turned public opinion against him and diminished his power. McCarthy's colleagues in the Senate censured him and he died less than three years later, probably from alcoholism.
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Prohibition criminalizes...
entire life has passions that are illegal and dangerous let me use another family example our father was a successful psychiatrist who is also an alcoholic without discounting the terrible costs of alcoholism because his
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Aaron Huey: America's...
Teacher turnover is eight times higher than the US national average. Frequently, grandparents are raising their grandchildren because parents, due to alcoholism, domestic violence and general apathy, cannot raise them.
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Robert Waldinger: What...
Some developed alcoholism. A few developed schizophrenia. Some climbed the social ladder from the bottom all the way to the very top, and some made that journey in the opposite direction.
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Holly Morris: Why stay...
suffer the trauma of relocated peoples higher levels of anxiety, depression, alcoholism, unemployment and, importantly, disrupted social networks. Now, like many of you,
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The Human Cost of Sugar...
delivery venta en cualquier parte every time these companies have been faced with the facts they've grasped at straws and tried to blame alcoholism volcanoes whatever to deny their role the disease is multifactorial and we all believe that the question is when do you start taking responsibility for what you
Video examples
Why should you read...
Poe lived in poverty throughout his career, and his personal life was often as dark as his writing. He was haunted by the loss of his mother and his wife, who both died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. Poe struggled with alcoholism and frequently antagonized other popular writers.
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part II:...
her family's financial instability and her father's alcoholism something he had battled for years forced amelia to move to boston where she helped to support her mother and sister she'd been studying to be a doctor and she didn't really have the money to become a doctor
Video examples
The Profound Power of...
For much of her life, she had this complicated relationship with her mom. She was holding on to decades of resentment. Some of it was tied up in her mom's alcoholism. But now her mom was dying of cancer. And as heart-wrenching as it was to admit,
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How to practice...
you are actually putting yourself at significant risk for developing clinical depression, alcoholism, eating disorders, and even cardiovascular disease. The problem is, the urge to ruminate can feel really strong and really important,
Video examples
What is McCarthyism? And...
It was his investigation of the army that finally turned public opinion against him and diminished his power. McCarthy's colleagues in the Senate censured him and he died less than three years later, probably from alcoholism.
Video examples
Prohibition criminalizes...
entire life has passions that are illegal and dangerous let me use another family example our father was a successful psychiatrist who is also an alcoholic without discounting the terrible costs of alcoholism because his
Video examples
Aaron Huey: America's...
Teacher turnover is eight times higher than the US national average. Frequently, grandparents are raising their grandchildren because parents, due to alcoholism, domestic violence and general apathy, cannot raise them.
Video examples
Robert Waldinger: What...
Some developed alcoholism. A few developed schizophrenia. Some climbed the social ladder from the bottom all the way to the very top, and some made that journey in the opposite direction.
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Holly Morris: Why stay...
suffer the trauma of relocated peoples higher levels of anxiety, depression, alcoholism, unemployment and, importantly, disrupted social networks. Now, like many of you,
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Elizabeth Vargas
American Journalist
I've been living with anxiety much, much, much longer than I've been with living with alcoholism, that's for sure. I already knew from the sheer numbers and all the data that I'm not alone. I mean, the biggest mistake I did was spending most of my life thinking I was the only person who felt this way.
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Denise Juneau
American Politician
Children are coming to school with trauma, everyday trauma, that they live under: violence in the homes, alcoholism in the community, unemployment that's 80 percent, not just during the recession. We need to help treat that before they can even go sit in a class and learn about math.
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Jim Irsay
American Businessman
These diseases, both alcoholism and addiction, much like bipolar or depression and different illnesses, are still not seen as real diseases. People shy away from seeking help because it's viewed as being somewhat morally off the path, that they've lost their way.
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Pooja Bhatt
Indian Director
I want to bust the stigma attached to alcoholism in our country. Women particularly are discouraged from seeking help because it's a matter of shame for the family. We don't share our pain or frailties; we cover our weaknesses, and it becomes a cancer.
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Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
All my life, I had this idea that if I could unravel the mystery that was my mother, then I could help save her. But it didn't really work. We were close, but she struggled with mental illness and alcoholism, and it was rough at times.
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Justin Chatwin
Canadian Actor
I really like 'Shameless' because it brings up important issues, but we get to talk and laugh and look at something that's really important that's a problem, like alcoholism and bad parenting. It's done in a funny, smart way.
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Marguerite Duras
French Novelist
When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature.
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Robert Frost
American Poet
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
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Liza Minnelli
American Actress
I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.
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Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
But it needs to be understood that alcoholism is a disease not a lifestyle choice.
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Elizabeth Vargas
American Journalist
I've been living with anxiety much, much, much longer than I've been with living with alcoholism, that's for sure. I already knew from the sheer numbers and all the data that I'm not alone. I mean, the biggest mistake I did was spending most of my life thinking I was the only person who felt this way.
Quote examples
Denise Juneau
American Politician
Children are coming to school with trauma, everyday trauma, that they live under: violence in the homes, alcoholism in the community, unemployment that's 80 percent, not just during the recession. We need to help treat that before they can even go sit in a class and learn about math.
Quote examples
Jim Irsay
American Businessman
These diseases, both alcoholism and addiction, much like bipolar or depression and different illnesses, are still not seen as real diseases. People shy away from seeking help because it's viewed as being somewhat morally off the path, that they've lost their way.
Quote examples
Pooja Bhatt
Indian Director
I want to bust the stigma attached to alcoholism in our country. Women particularly are discouraged from seeking help because it's a matter of shame for the family. We don't share our pain or frailties; we cover our weaknesses, and it becomes a cancer.
Quote examples
Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
All my life, I had this idea that if I could unravel the mystery that was my mother, then I could help save her. But it didn't really work. We were close, but she struggled with mental illness and alcoholism, and it was rough at times.
Quote examples
Justin Chatwin
Canadian Actor
I really like 'Shameless' because it brings up important issues, but we get to talk and laugh and look at something that's really important that's a problem, like alcoholism and bad parenting. It's done in a funny, smart way.
Quote examples
Marguerite Duras
French Novelist
When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature.
Quote examples
Robert Frost
American Poet
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
Quote examples
Liza Minnelli
American Actress
I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.
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Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
But it needs to be understood that alcoholism is a disease not a lifestyle choice.
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