alcohol addiction

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alcohol addiction - habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

alcoholism, inebriation, drunkenness

drug addiction, white plague - an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)

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