chronic alcoholic

Peter is 60 and has been a chronic alcoholic since he was a teenager.

"He was a hugely irascible man and a chronic alcoholic. He could be very difficult with publishers. But it's all part of what makes him interesting."

Wauters, a chronic alcoholic, admitted being an alcoholic who started "every day" drinking vodka and water.

“My father, Raymond, is a chronic alcoholic. He doesn’t like going outside and mostly drinks homebrew.”

Despite being a chronic alcoholic, he was, in the appraisal of one doctor, a man of “fine physique.”