intoxication

noun4

1. •
   A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

   • He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.
2. •
   The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
3. •
   The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
4. •
   (figurative) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

   • Excitement leads to enthusiasm, that moral intoxication, whose effects seem incredible to the sober, while the influence which produces the extravagance appears more extraordinary than the act itself. — 1834