Dipsomania
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A dipsomaniac is a person with an uncontrollable craving for alcohol, especially alcoholic liquors.
"Dipsomania" is usually thought of as a dated term, considered different from alcoholism because it is defined as an uncontrollable urge rather than an addiction. Famous dipsomaniacs include the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky. Another famed self-described "dipsomaniac" is New York writer Jonathan Ames.
The character of Sebastian Flyte, from the novel Brideshead Revisited, memorably and sarcastically describes himself as a dipsomaniac, ("If they treat me like a dipsomaniac, they can bloody well have a dipsomaniac"). He is later called the same by his brother, and a "dipso", by one of the minor characters.
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