How to Use alcoholism in a Sentence

alcoholism

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  • Other artists spoke to me of their battles with alcoholism and a son’s suicide.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2022
  • For many, the answer was alcoholism, drug overdose, or suicide.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 13 July 2022
  • Some of them have cited suicide, alcoholism and drug overdoses as the cause.
    — Jennifer Swann, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • Both my parents are survivors of residential school, so there was a lot of alcoholism in my family, a lot of abuse.
    — Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2022
  • It’s the fear and the danger of misbehaving while also setting up what would further his alcoholism.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2022
  • Her mother, already suffering from mental illness and alcoholism, became unable to care for her daughter alone.
    — Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, Washington Post, 11 June 2022
  • Black died in July 2018 of liver disease as a result of chronic alcoholism.
    — Sasha Urban, Variety, 9 June 2022
  • Gellhorn, too, was unhappy with her husband’s abuse, alcoholism and infidelity.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
  • Hayden Panettiere opened up about struggles with alcoholism and postpartum depression.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
  • The researchers replicated their findings in a separate group of patients with brain injuries who completed an alcoholism risk assessment.
    — Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The only member of the family who talked about alcoholism was Biden.
    — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • But his struggle with alcoholism came to define his life.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
  • This was after his alcoholism had grown out of control.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2022
  • By the early 1970s Johnson had developed a heroin habit to go along with his alcoholism, and stints on the street and in a psych ward followed.
    — Hazlitt, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Joe also suffered from alcoholism and had a hard time keeping a job.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The schedule created the perfect storm to feed his alcoholism.
    — Cindy Watts, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Consider the woman who was raised with alcoholism, then married a man who liked to drink and then blamed her father.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2022
  • That’s the one where Donnie hits bottom, losing his truck-driving job to alcoholism.
    — al, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The 44-year-old recently spoke to Today about struggling with alcoholism for years.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Dear Amy: My father died 20 years ago after a long battle with alcoholism.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024

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