Words similar to alcoholic

Example sentences for: alcoholic

How can you use “alcoholic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Clinton craves the affection that his abusive, alcoholic stepfather and abused, fun-loving mother didn't provide him as a child.
Resort hotels were built to attract Americans escaping the northern winter (and the Prohibition laws against alcoholic beverages).
Twenty years ago, Joseph Zuska, a surgeon with an interest in alcohol problems among injured patients noted: "The crisis that brings the alcoholic to the surgeon is an opportunity for intervention in a progressive, often fatal disease."
Publishing that article is like inviting an alcoholic to a wine-tasting party: You're within your rights but very wrong.
(of alcoholic beverages).