problem drinking
Harmful alcohol habit
Problem drinking is alcohol consumption that causes difficulties in a person's life—health issues, relationship strain, work troubles, legal problems—without necessarily meeting clinical criteria for alcoholism or addiction.
The term occupies middle ground between social drinking and full dependency: His problem drinking cost him two marriages.
It often implies a pattern that could worsen if unchecked.
- alcoholismAddiction to drinking
- bingeBout of excess
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
- hair of the dogAlcohol to cure overdrinking
- blackoutComplete power loss
lost weekend · relapse · denial · intervention · fallen off the wagon · withdrawal · AA · twelve-step · rock bottom · wake-up call · liver · cirrhosis · tremors · cravings · enabler · sponsor · detox · booze
- Alcoholismalcoholism, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcohol dependence
problem drinkingsobriety
Unimpaired mental state
abstinence · moderate drinking · responsible drinking · teetotalism · social drinking
problem drinkinghealthy living
Habits promoting physical wellbeing
wellness · self-care · clean living · healthy lifestyle · moderation
problem, problems, problematic, problematically, drink, drinking, drinks, drinker, drinkers