Definition of "alcoholics" []

• Plural form of alcoholic. (noun)

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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."
• "Some were just teenagers binge drinking, but many were long-term alcoholics with mental-health issues and regular A&E recidivists."
• "Yet I have known long term alcoholics whose withdrawel had the potential to kill."