I try to cut down my smoking, and my drinking goes up.

Sam said the excess drinking has gone on for years; that wasn't new.

The drinking had been going on for hours, it seemed.

At the heart of the selling campaigns is a message that drinking and fun or success go together.

All that drinking is going to kill you one day.

The drinking and conversation at the bar went on.

"By the time I realized it, the drinking had been going on for several months."

As a result, university officials have little real knowledge about how much drinking is actually going on.

It was past midnight "The drinking will have been going on for some hours.