drinking bout

Apparent-ly they've been having a drinking bout all this time.

He slowly stood, then nearly fell, still intoxicated from his drinking bout.

Every May Day from then on was a drinking bout.

When the lads wanted a drinking bout, who was I to deny them?

It was worse than any of his drinking bouts.

They hadn't made a fool of me in that drinking bout.

For that matter, that was my last drinking bout of any sort.

Used after a drinking bout, it is said to ease hangovers as well.

Jack has been an abusive father, especially during his drinking bouts.

The last is used toward the end of a drinking bout, when it is difficult to articulate anything else.