How to Use alcoholism in a Sentence

alcoholism

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  • Growing up in a house with alcoholism and rage, infested with rats everywhere.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Some worried that it would be used to study taboo or stigmatizing topics, such as inbreeding and alcoholism.
    — Oscar Schwartz, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
  • The ravages of alcoholism and drug dependency often times refuse to loosen an unforgiving grip.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Utah was a cancer survivor who was battling alcoholism and had other pre-existing conditions.
    — oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Earlier this year, Robinson faced another loss: one of her younger sisters died after a struggle with alcoholism.
    — Tatyana Turner, baltimoresun.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The doctor had a history of suicidal thoughts and alcoholism, according to law enforcement sources.
    — Fox News, 18 Nov. 2020
  • On Thursday, the Star Tribune reported that Jim was open about his own alcoholism and recovery.
    — Star Tribune, 7 Nov. 2020
  • There was alcoholism, drug use and connections with the Neapolitan mafia, with the icon partying from Sunday to Wednesday at the height of his fame.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Stuart too was orphaned at 16 after his mother died of alcoholism, and faced many of the same barriers as a young, gay, working-class man growing up in Glasgow.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Brooks said she was inspired to help given her firsthand experience surviving alcoholism and domestic violence.
    — Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2020
  • These additional funds can go to schools; programs for mental health, alcoholism, and drug treatment; state police departments and law enforcement; as well as health authorities.
    — Karen Ho, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Your wife’s alcoholism is a disease -- not a lack of willpower or a moral failing on her part.
    — cleveland, 21 June 2021
  • 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
  • Yeah, well, in a family where alcoholism is the norm, normal isn’t good.
    — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 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
  • The Men's Health article describes how alcoholism nearly killed him.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Barney, as is often the case, reveals unexpected refinement, directing a black-and-white psychodrama about his alcoholism, but Homer, who’s on the judging panel, prefers the one with the football in the groin.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024

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