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chronic alcoholic

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In what was to me a disastrous press conference on Tuesday, he exhibited several characteristics of a chronic alcoholic.

I cannot emphasize too strongly the harm that may come out of simply depriving the chronic alcoholic of his stimulant.

I consider the chronic alcoholic one of the most important cases in medicine to deal with successfully.

We find that his father was a chronic alcoholic, his mother a neurotic, a maternal aunt insane, and an uncle a suicide.

It is a very serious matter dealing with the chronic alcoholic.

A chronic alcoholic has a defective germ-plasm, and his children are apt to be defective.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chronic alcoholic, such as: barfly, chronic drunk, dipsomaniac, drunkard, hard drinker, and heavy drinker.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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