Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to drink heavily; thus binger n., one who drinks heavily; bingeing n., drinking heavily.

1886		Sporting Times 1 Apr. 1/1: The ‘potent draught’ with which Mr Gladstone binged hiself up during his three hours’ [...] speech , was [...] a commixture of pigeons’ milk and Blue Ruin.
1917		‘The Last Lay of the Sopwith Camel Pilot’ in C.H. Ward-Jackson Airman’s Song Book (1945) 35: I’m going to a better land, They binge there ev’ry night, The cocktails grow on bushes, So ev’ry one stays tight.
1921		N&Q 12 Ser. IX 345: Binge. Social gathering. As verb – to imbibe alcohol.
1958		Kerouac letter Nov. in Charters II (1999) 162: I am jess about dead drunk after 3 2 3 weeks of bingeing here in my own house.
1984		J. Ellroy Because the Night 163: Many recognized Bergen as a frequent heavy binger.
1996		Penguin Bk of More Aus. Jokes 379: The writer went back to bingeing and boozing and womanising.
2005		Guardian G2 16 Nov. 7: One in three men, one in five women, is a binger?
2011		F. Bill ‘Coon Hunter’s Noir’ in Crimes in Southern Indiana [ebook] Mac hides out and binges a lot of booze.

2. (drugs) to indulge in a continuous period of crack cocaine use; thus bing(e)ing, using crack cocaine for long periods; also used of cocaine in general.

1993		R. Shell Iced 30: Bingin’. I usually do it about once a month [...] after I’ve received my check.
1998		I. Welsh Filth 333: When she goes, we binge on the coke we got from Ray.
2000		Indep. Rev.w 28 Feb. 7: After a particularly bad bingeing session I had a bad paranoia attack.