dipsomania

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Addiction to alcohol.
2. (countable, uncountable)Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)A strong craving for something.

   “A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information.”

   “"You must regard my passion for painting," he began once more, "as a sort of dipsomania—I really can't help myself."”

   “Such a negative outcome seemed impossible to investors experiencing dot-com dipsomania in late 1999 and early 2000.”