Dipsomania
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Practically the same thing as metho-mania, except that the irresistible impulse to intoxication is extended by some writers to include the use of such drugs as opium or cocaine as well as alcohol.
See State v. Reidell, 9 Houst. (Del) 470, 14 Atl. 550; Ballard v. State, 19 Neb. 609, 28 N. W. 271,