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- noun Plural form of
alcoholic .
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Examples
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Some were just teenagers binge drinking, but many were long-term alcoholics with mental-health issues and regular A&E recidivists.
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Even more striking, despite the permission to drink, these long-term alcoholics reduced their consumption, from an average of 16 drinks daily at the start to 14 drinks at six months to 10 drinks daily by year's end.
Stanton Peele: Why We Should Give Serious Thought To Wet Shelters For Alcoholics Stanton Peele 2011
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Some were just teenagers binge drinking, but many were long-term alcoholics with mental-health issues and regular A&E recidivists.
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Even more striking, despite the permission to drink, these long-term alcoholics reduced their consumption, from an average of 16 drinks daily at the start to 14 drinks at six months to 10 drinks daily by year's end.
Stanton Peele: Why We Should Give Serious Thought To Wet Shelters For Alcoholics Stanton Peele 2011
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Yet I have known long term alcoholics whose withdrawel had the potential to kill.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Even more striking, despite the permission to drink, these long-term alcoholics reduced their consumption, from an average of 16 drinks daily at the start to 14 drinks at six months to 10 drinks daily by year's end.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Stanton Peele 2011
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The study indicates that in long-term alcoholics who had not had a drink for up to 719 days, the percentage of slow wave sleep or deep sleep was significantly lower.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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The study indicates that in long-term alcoholics who had not had a drink for up to 719 days, the percentage of slow wave sleep or deep sleep was significantly lower.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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He'd heard the debates about the cost of alcohol abuse to the NHS, but only when novelist Chris Paling found himself on a ward with long-term alcoholics did he really grasp the prognosis
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The study indicates that in long-term alcoholics who had not had a drink for up to 719 days, the percentage of slow wave sleep or deep sleep was significantly lower.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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