chronic drinking
Persistent alcohol abuse
Chronic drinking refers to the regular, long-term consumption of alcohol, typically in quantities that risk physical dependence or health damage.
Unlike occasional heavy drinking, chronic drinking implies a sustained pattern over months or years: Chronic drinking had taken a toll on his liver.
The term appears in medical and clinical contexts to distinguish habitual alcohol use from isolated episodes.
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
- bingeBout of excess
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- liver damageHarm to detoxifying organ
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
hair of the dog · addiction · dependency · relapse · blackout · rock bottom · cirrhosis · withdrawal · on the wagon · bourbon · vodka · tremors · shaking hands · bar · last call · twelve-step · detox · tolerance
- Alcoholismalcoholism, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcohol dependence
- addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
chronic drinkingsocial drinking
Moderate drinking in groups
moderate drinking · teetotaling · abstinence · sobriety · responsible drinking
chronic drinkingteetotalism
Total sobriety as principle
sobriety · abstinence · temperance · going dry · staying sober
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