alcoholism

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Barrymore then opened up about her struggle with alcoholism, and how it had affected her ability to have romantic relationships.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s true that he had long struggled with liquor, Dawidziak said, making alcoholism a “major accomplice” in Poe’s death by taking a toll on his health.

From Washington Post

Attitudes are shifting, as researchers launch clinical trials to see if the drugs can be effective in treating severe post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive order and possibly alcoholism or cigarette use.

From Washington Times

She says she lost her husband to alcoholism.

From BBC

He had died in New York in 1994, at 59, of cardiac arrest after decades of alcoholism.

From New York Times