1. alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness, drug addiction, white plague
usage: habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
2. drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety, temporary state
usage: a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol