How to Use alcoholism in a Sentence

alcoholism

noun
  • Over the past five years, my dad’s alcoholism has taken over.
    — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Hints that these kinds of drugs could be used in the treatment of alcoholism go back even further.
    — Grace Browne, WIRED, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The two are joined by a cheeky girl named Mickie, who comes from a home torn by alcoholism.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
  • That’s kind of like blaming the bartender for your alcoholism.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
  • Even in the depths of my suicidal alcoholism, there was never an end to the band.
    — Maria Sherman, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Widdy said his trauma led to into alcoholism and run-ins with the law.
    — Britt Clennett, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2022
  • My father has to live a life of abuse, of alcoholism and mental illness.
    — Yunuen Alvarado Bustos, Marie Claire, 21 June 2018
  • Oden climbed his way out of alcoholism and has worked on his physical and mental health.
    — Robert General, Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2019
  • She was taken in at the age of 10 when her father died from alcoholism.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 9 May 2022
  • Other artists spoke to me of their battles with alcoholism and a son’s suicide.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2022
  • Your wife’s alcoholism is a disease -- not a lack of willpower or a moral failing on her part.
    — cleveland, 21 June 2021
  • Keiko, as she was called, was a small child when her father fell into alcoholism and gambling.
    — Barton Swaim, WSJ, 7 May 2021
  • That leads to alcoholism and, somehow, trying to stab him with her stiletto heel.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Yeah, well, in a family where alcoholism is the norm, normal isn’t good.
    — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Through Cregger’s lens, Weapons is, in part, about loss and alcoholism.
    — Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Hollywood and alcoholism go way, way back.
    — Lipi Roy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The part of my father that the breaking of our family didn't take, his alcoholism did.
    — Charles M. Blow, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • The loss of her father to alcoholism and suicide, and her mother’s death soon after.
    — Mary Ann Gwinn Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Her mother wanted to learn to read, and her father struggled with alcoholism and steady work.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • At the end of that year, he father succumbed to alcoholism, leaving her deeply depressed.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Arnold spoke frequently about his recovery from alcoholism as well as his faith.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Both have felt the crushing weight of active alcoholism and drug addiction.
    — Outside Online, 30 July 2025
  • Mark Chesnutt's alcoholism nearly cost him his life.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In the past, Perry has been open about alcoholism and addiction.
    — Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 21 Feb. 2022
  • With parents who floated from job to job and in the haze of alcoholism, his life, and those of his seven siblings, was bleak.
    — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The two stayed married for 22 years, but divorced due to James's alcoholism.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 18 July 2022
  • And that could lead to new treatments for alcoholism and other substance use disorders.
    — NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Her interest in cooking was a way to her self-recovery from alcoholism.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • The only member of the family who talked about alcoholism was Biden.
    — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Those were rain, housecleaning, and alcoholism.
    — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026

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