A drinking spree is a time when a person drinks a large amount of alcohol, without regard for the consequences. A person who drank that way all the time would be classified as either a drunk or an alcoholic. A drinking spree has a begin and and end, while an alcoholic is drinking all the time. A perfectly normal person could go on one drinking spree and stop. Many students go on a break from college in the spring in the U.S. and travel to resort areas, where most of them go on a drinking spree for a week. Unfortunately, a few of them don't know when it's time to stop and keep going when the get back to school.

"drinking spree" drinking too much/excessively "spending spree"= over spending/ spending too much money