be on the booze

"He was on the booze, but not always heavily - a couple of shots once in a while.

We've been on the booze for five days and the boys only settled the hotel bar bill at six o'clock on Thursday morning.

He was on the booze somewhere.

Tyrrell: "You were more in your face when you were on the booze and coke."

"Have you been on the booze?"

"Nah, I've learned how to hide when he's on the booze," Tee-John boasted, "just like you showed me.

Charles admitted to being part of a strong drinking culture which existed at West Ham in the 1960s which gave rise to their slogan "Win, Draw or Lose, we're on the booze".