Drunkenness : nf. (word from Latin ebrietas, from ebrius "drunk"). intoxication (especially for the administrative style: drunk driving).
Quotation from the British poet and novelist Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957): “The Consul realized on leaving the Le Paris café that he was in a state of inebriation, to tell the truth exceptional. His footsteps were leading him to the left. He couldn't bring them back to the right. " in Below the Volcano .