While he was gone, the rest of us got down to serious drinking.

He lost most of his interest in Miriam's dance and settled down to do a little serious drinking.

At the next tavern, Kai got down to some serious drinking.

Just what that might be would probably take a full evening of serious drinking to figure out.

They were clear of food, now, and the night's serious drinking had begun.

His eyes showed that he had already done some serious drinking.

We got some serious drinking to do and I don't think they're the life of the party any more.

Social policy on alcohol springs from a history of serious heavy drinking.

The private pilot, or group of pilots, gets down to some serious drinking and think about raising money.

"It was the first serious drinking we'd ever done," Runyon said.