Sentence examples for compulsive drinking from inspiring English sources

A simplistic definition calls alcoholism a disease caused by chronic, compulsive drinking.

Even as an account of compulsive drinking, the book has its blind spots.

Alcoholism, which declined, is characterized by compulsive drinking, preoccupation with drinking and tolerance to alcohol.

Reduced heart rate variability in chronic alcohol abuse: relationship with negative mood, chronic thought suppression, and compulsive drinking.

After months of worry and caretaking, his wife slips into compulsive drinking mode and ultimately goes to rehab.

All patients were assessed with the Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale (OCDS) on the day of admission and after 7 days of treatment.

Craving was measured at baseline, 4-week follow-up, and six months later with the Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale (primary outcome) and the Alcohol Craving Questionnaire.

Alcohol dependence was also measured continuously with the alcohol dependence scale (ADS), a 25-item test that has four subscales tapping loss of behavioral control, obsessive-compulsive drinking style, and psychophysical and pyschoperceptual withdrawal symptoms [55].

A marked improvement in depressive (p < 0.01), anxiety (p < 0.01), and obsessive-compulsive drinking symptoms (p < 0.01) was observed over the consecutive assessments in both study groups.

Independent samples t-tests were used to evaluate differences between groups in terms of symptoms of depression, anxiety, global functioning and obsessive-compulsive drinking scores at the different time points.

A marked improvement on all these measures was observed in the two subsequent assessments (time 1 & time 2) in both study groups [depression (p < 0.01), anxiety (p < 0.01), and obsessive-compulsive drinking symptoms (p < 0.01)].