as in drunkenness
habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants
a treatment center for those suffering from alcoholism
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His portrayal of Mac Sledge — a former country music star recovering from alcoholism and trying to repair his relationship with his ex-wife and daughter — earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Brendan Le, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Bergerac begins the series as a broken man, grappling with grief and alcoholism following his wife’s death.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Her personality has been cleansed of the too-obvious psychological tics (alcoholism, narcissism, delusion) used to explain her unseemly propositions.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Eventually, with her father in Alaska for work, her mother struggling with alcoholism, and a disturbing set of family secrets beginning to come to light, Neko, still a minor, finds a way to live on her own.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
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Brendan Le, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Bergerac begins the series as a broken man, grappling with grief and alcoholism following his wife’s death.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025
Her personality has been cleansed of the too-obvious psychological tics (alcoholism, narcissism, delusion) used to explain her unseemly propositions.
—Amanda Hess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Eventually, with her father in Alaska for work, her mother struggling with alcoholism, and a disturbing set of family secrets beginning to come to light, Neko, still a minor, finds a way to live on her own.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
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