Alcohol consumption contributes to 3 million deaths each year worldwide, as well as to the disability and ill health of millions of people. Overall, harmful alcohol use is responsible for 5.1% of the global burden of disease. The rapid onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to extraordinary social and economic upheaval throughout the world. The COVID-19 pandemic is different from other catastrophic events because of the extensive exposure of the population to permanent trauma. The death rate has already resulted in sadness and depression for a large number of people. There is also widespread social disruption and isolation, while at the same time social support and access to medical care is limited due to stay-at-home orders and other restrictions related to the pandemic. The purpose of this research is to compare the incidence of arrivals to the Emergency Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic and the number of hospitalizations in the Pula General Hospital due to alcoholism, before the pandemic and in the years during the pandemic, and to prove that due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in the number of arrivals in Emergency Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic as well as the number of hospitalizations due to alcoholism. The research will be conducted on a convenient sample. Respondents for this research are adults, of both sexes, who in the period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2022. year, admitted to the Emergency Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic and/or hospitalized in the Pula General Hospital due to alcoholism. From the research, it can be determined that the number of admissions to the Emergency Psychiatric Service, with regard to the diagnosis according to ICD F10-F10.9, tended to decrease from 294 patients in 2017 to 223 patients in 2020, which was followed by recovery. The number of hospitalizations also tended to decrease from 228 patients to 134 patients in 2021, after which an increase was found in 2022.