"because of drinking" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are trying to explain the cause of a certain action. For example, "She was late to the party because of drinking."
For the " job or school troubles because of drinking", " more than once ride in vehicle while drinking", " continue to drink despite causing trouble with family or friends", and " get arrested or have legal problems because of drinking" items, the equality constraint overestimated Hispanics' thresholds.
The band posted a notice on its Web site on Thursday that said Mr. Hanneman's liver had given out because of drinking.
I haven't wasted an entire day sleeping it off and feeling miserable because of drinking the night before.
Alcohol behavioural problems, defined similarly, included any of four dichotomous items: 'used alcohol in dangerous situations'beeneen accidentally physically hurt while drinking'hadhad a problem with the police' and 'got into fights because of drinking'.
Alcohol-related trouble (age 15) comprised five summed items from the Voice-DISC alcohol abuse section relating to: getting into trouble with the police due to drinking; drinking in situations where you could get hurt; getting into a physical fight while drinking; arguing with family or friends because of drinking; and missing school or work in order to drink, or due to hangover.
"I lost my job because of drinking," she says.
He really drove in Central Park after being given heavily spiked lemonade as a joke because he disapproved of drinking.
Because, after 24 hours of drinking formula from a bottle, she did not want to breastfeed.
"I feel 20 years younger than I did a couple of years ago, mainly because of not drinking.
Profiles 4 5 are labelled as "focal drinking" because frequency of drinking is less than four times per week but consumption is classified as increasing-risk drinking.
Profiles 6 7 are labelled as "heavy drinking" because frequency of drinking is almost every day and consumption is classified as higher-risk drinking.
