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Synonyms for alcoholism
ˈæl kə hɔˌlɪz əm, -hɒ-al·co·holism

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  1. alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkennessnoun

    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

    Synonyms:
    drinking, inebriety, alcohol addiction, dipsomania, inebriation, potomania, intoxication, drink, insobriety, drunkenness, boozing, crapulence, tipsiness

  2. dipsomania, alcoholism, potomanianoun

    an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

    Synonyms:
    dipsomania, alcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation, potomania

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  1. List of paraphrases for "alcoholism":

    alcohol

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. alcoholism

    Synonyms:
    Alcohol dependence DSM-III-R 303.90, dependent drinking

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  1. Scott Stapp:

    Alcohol and marijuana gave me temporary relief, the marijuana took me out of depression at times and alcohol took me out of my mania. After a long period of time of using those things to get balanced, that’s when addiction manifested. It took a number of years before it went from a self-medicating tool to full-blown alcoholism.

  2. Norman Brenner:

    The intermediate stage between socialism and capitalism is alcoholism.

  3. Fahad Malik:

    These patients have the exact same implications of alcoholism : the smell, the breath, drowsiness, gait changes, they will present as someone who's intoxicated by alcohol, but the only difference here is that these patients can be treated by antifungal medications.

  4. Ligia Kiss:

    Staff of post-trafficking services often don't feel equipped to deal with mental health problems, especially with situations involving suicidal intent and alcoholism.

  5. Logan Hastings:

    We provide crisis intervention for families of veterans, for veterans in the military, if veterans find themselves, or their families in a crisis, marriage trouble, drugs or alcoholism, depression, PTSD, thoughts of suicide. We come in either on the phone or if we can be there we travel there.


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