How to Use alcoholism in a Sentence

alcoholism

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  • Your wife’s alcoholism is a disease -- not a lack of willpower or a moral failing on her part.
    — cleveland, 21 June 2021
  • In the middle of his life, Hyman struggled with alcoholism.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021
  • But the band would burn out quickly as Morrison sank into alcoholism.
    — Star Tribune, 3 July 2021
  • The bunk rooms built during this time were later used for patients of a local doctor who treated alcoholism.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 19 June 2021
  • Trump cites his older brother Fred’s struggle with alcoholism as a reason for never touching the stuff.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Jamie wrestled with alcoholism, going on benders so egregious that Lynne once shelled his cooler with a shotgun.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021
  • Affleck has reluctantly shared parts of his recovery from alcoholism.
    — Erin Clements, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Kenny, a sober associate, had kindly attempted to help Eric curb his alcoholism.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Loose cultures have less order: people have lower impulse control and suffer from greater levels of debt, obesity, alcoholism, and drug abuse.
    — Michele Gelfand, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
  • That legacy of abuse and isolation has been cited by native leaders as a cause of alcoholism and drug addiction widely seen on reservations today.
    — Rob Gillies, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • One woman spoke about how a friend at rehab had invited her running at the tail end of her recovery from alcoholism: having a new way to occupy her body saved her from old cravings.
    — Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Indigenous leaders have cited that legacy of abuse and isolation as the root cause of epidemic rates of alcoholism and drug addiction on reservations.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2021
  • When former first lady Betty Ford opened up about her alcoholism, substance use disorders were still highly stigmatized.
    — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 24 June 2021
  • However, Brown and Whitney also dealt with addiction, alcoholism and marital strife.
    — Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
  • People with diabetes, kidney disease, chronic lung disease, and alcoholism are more likely to develop severe infections.
    — Washington Post, 1 July 2021
  • The writer Joseph Roth died of alcoholism in Paris in May 1939.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Hints that these kinds of drugs could be used in the treatment of alcoholism go back even further.
    — Grace Browne, WIRED, 2 Dec. 2023
  • She was taken in at the age of 10 when her father died from alcoholism.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2022
  • Her son, Kevin Hunter Jr., says in the film that Williams’ issues have been linked to her alcoholism by physicians.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Eddie was deep into the throes of alcoholism back then.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The two stayed married for 22 years, but divorced due to James's alcoholism.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 July 2022
  • Drugs were everywhere, and there was a lot of alcoholism.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Like the Bidens, the Sheenes struggled with alcoholism through the generations.
    — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Widdy said his trauma led to into alcoholism and run-ins with the law.
    — Britt Clennett, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Other artists spoke to me of their battles with alcoholism and a son’s suicide.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2022
  • After a bout with alcoholism in his late 20s, Rob has been sober for nearly 30 years.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The two years away from his sport and the loss of an eye ended his Olympic dreams and sent him hurtling into depression and alcoholism.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2021
  • Her mother has died, and Jane and her sister (also now struggling with alcoholism) have to get the house ready to sell.
    — Randy Rosenthal, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
  • Biden, who struggled with alcoholism and drugs, fathered Navy with Roberts in 2018.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
  • That leads to alcoholism and, somehow, trying to stab him with her stiletto heel.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024

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