alcohol abuse theme

A character imbues alcohol to such an extent and frequency that it becomes a problem for them and others.

Notes

This theme is not applied just because a character on screen is seen to have a drink or two, unless the drinking is commented on or it is somehow obvious that it causes a problem.

163 total · 5 choice · 29 major · 129 minor

Story	Level	Motivation
ahh1x12	choice	Hadley was addicted to alcohol to the extent that he lost his job for making a drunken fool of himself, and killed his wife in an alcohol fumed bout of depression. In his closing remarks, Alfred Hitchcock chastised his own show for making light of such a serious topic, and hoped that it would better itself in future.
ahp1x30	choice	Karen was a recovering alcoholic and the story regarded her problems and the fact that she ended up killing her lover.
bbf5x19	choice	Garibaldi
movie: The Lost Weekend (1945)	choice	The story centers around and alcoholic writer, Don Birnam. He tells of how he started drinking, how he tried to write, and how he had occasionally tried to quit drinking.
tz1985e3x07	choice	Miley was a miserable alcoholic.
ahh1x29	major	Dianne was a textbook alcoholic who had convinced her husband she had quit but, in fact, carried on drinking like a fish anyway.
ahh2x08	major	Skip Baxter overindulged in the giggle juice to an insane degree. He often did often did not remember events from the night before, like when he dunked a girl in the shower or when he was set up with the presumed murder.
ahh3x07	major	Among Aggie's various vices was an acute addiction to the tipple.
ahp2x24	major	Charles was an alcoholic has-been actor.
ahp2x31	major	Johnny was begging for drinks and swiped two expensive bottles of Cognac from under a bartender's nose.