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** Freddy Rumsen, who once gets so drunk at work that he passes out and pees himself during a pitch to Samsonite. Naturally, he's fired (which doesn't do anything for his sobriety) and Peggy inherits his office (much to her chagrin, as Rumsen had been the first to notice her talent for copywriting) and his legendary office stash of booze. After this incident, Rumsen was [[Put on a Bus]] until Season 4, when he shows up again, a member of AA. Roger Sterling has come to hate going out with Rumsen for this very reason, as he apparently thinks Freddy is a bit holier-than-thou about it.
** While Don Draper has been drinking like a fish since the beginning, he was never shown as really ''drunk'' (lubricated perhaps, but never ''hammered'') until Season 4 (in the wake of his divorce from Betty). After that, he's depicted as being sloshed at least every other episode, even to the point of puking in "The Suitcase." (Hm. That episode was about a Samsonite ad campaign. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Perhaps Samsonite=alcoholism to the writers]]?) At this point, it's fairly clear that we are witnessing Don Draper's [[The New Pornographers|Slow Descent Into Alcoholism]].
* Sam Malone on ''[[Cheers]]'' is a recovering one. By his own account, this is why his career as a pro baseball player was a failure, and he bought the bar before he stopped. At least one episode focused on something stupid he did in the past while drunk.
* Kitty Forman on ''[[That '70s Show]]'' is a borderline case; she drinks a lot, but never gets completely wasted.
* Abby Lockhart on ''[[ER]]''
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* Clive in ''[[Grandma's House]]''
* Adam on ''[[Girls (TV series)|Girls]]'' is a recovering alcoholic who has been attending AA meetings since age 17.
* While never explicitly stated, ''[[Star Trek]]'' has two likely{{verify}} examples:
** Scotty's solution to distracting an alien that takes over the ship in the episode ''By Any Other Name'' is to have a drinking contest with him, during which it's
** Dr. McCoy often prescribes alcohol to his patents, seems to store booze in sickbay, and prepares beans with bourbon.
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== [[Web Animation]] ==
* In the [[Shared Universe]] of ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'' and ''[[Helluva Boss]]'', it comes as no surprise that substance abuse is common, [[Hell|given the setting.]]
** In ''Hazbin Hotel'', Husk, a cat-demon recruited by Alaster; he is easily bribed into Charlie's employ with cheap booze.
** Stolas, most likely due to the stress of his loveless marriage to Stella. The ''Helluva Boss'' episode "The Circus" shows him drinking absinthe right out of the bottle. To make it worse, he is also taking antidepressants.
** Blitzo (the [[Villain Protagonist]] of ''Helluva Boss'') shows this when he is depressed in "Queen Bee", drinking far too much at the night club which prompts the host (who claims to be Satan's protege) to actually tell Loona to take him home. Blitzo is incredibly sick afterwards.
** Verosika was in treatment for a drinking problem after breaking up with Blitzo; seeing as she is still drinking when she appears in "Spring Broken", it seems the treatment was a failure.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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