hiding bottles
Alcoholic's covert habit
Hiding bottles describes the secretive behavior of concealing alcohol containers, a characteristic sign of problem drinking or alcoholism.
Someone hiding bottles stashes them in closets, garages, or other places where family members won't find them: She discovered he'd been hiding bottles in the basement for months.
The phrase often appears in discussions of addiction and denial.
- secretConcealed information
- secret drinkingConsuming alcohol privately, concealed
- stashHidden reserve
- alcoholicAddicted to drinking
- concealmentAct of hiding something
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- addiction signscravings, dependence, withdrawal, compulsion, relapse
- Alcoholismalcoholism, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcohol dependence
hiding bottlesmoderate drinking
Limited alcohol intake
responsible drinking · social drinker · sobriety · teetotaling · abstinence
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