Had I continued down my course of being angry, drinking myself to death, it may have been the last chapter of my life.

如果我还是想原来那样易怒酗酒的话，我的生命也许早就枯竭了。

Alcoholism is a serious disease. Nearly nine million Americans alone suffer from the illness.

酗酒是一种严重的疾病。将近900万美国人患有此病。

Professor Terence Stephenson, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said that the consumption of unhealthy food should be seen to be just as damaging as smoking or excessive drinking.

皇家儿科和儿童健康学院院长特伦斯·斯蒂芬森教授指出，人们应该把消费健康食品视作和吸烟或酗酒一样有害的行为。

Alcoholics build defenses like the Dutch build dikes.

酗酒的人替自己辩护的劲头绝给荷人拦的决心。

Worries about booze are on the rise.

人们酗酒的担忧日益加剧。

During the late 1940's Hemingway's excessive drinking began to take a toll on his physical and mental health.

40年代末期，明威的酗酒习惯开始严重影响他的身体和心理健康。

Until his drinking problem fractured the fairy tale.

直到他酗酒的问题打碎了美好的童话。

A classic example is giving someone with an alcohol problem a pill that makes them puke when they drink.

一个典型的例子是给有酗酒问题的人服药，让他们在喝酒时呕吐。

Fergal grew up in a home with an alcoholic father.

弗加尔在一个父亲酗酒的家庭中长大。

All the causes of the sickness are not discovered yet.

但目前，人们并未发现酗酒的全部原因。

He was drinking a lot, he was not very nice to his children and wives.

他酗酒，他的孩子和妻子都太好。

Public displays of drunkenness were a source of great humiliation.

当众酗酒是极大的耻辱。

So what is it like for an actual alcoholic?

那么，这种疗法经常酗酒的人也有用吗？

Ciammetti who now runs a non-profit to educate young people about the harms of binge drinking admits that as a parent she should have been more vigilant of her son's activities.

恰梅蒂现在经营着一家教育年轻人酗酒危害的非盈利组织，她承认，作为父母，她本应该儿子的行为更加警惕。

These concepts are very familiar to most alcoholics; the common reaction to them is amusement.

这些观念大多数的酗酒者都非常熟悉；这套说辞最常见的反应是一笑了之。

Sometimes alcoholism runs in families, but that doesn't mean it's genetic.

有时酗酒是家族遗传的，但这并意味着这是遗传的。

Remember? Alcoholism rates went up for the intervention group, compared to the control group.

还记得吗? 干预组的酗酒比例 和照组相比是增加的。

Sedaris admits that he regrets that he never confronted his mother about her alcoholism.

塞达里斯承认，他很后悔自己没有就母亲的酗酒问题和她当面质。

Please dance with your alcoholic vampire boyfriend.

请和你酗酒的吸血鬼男友跳支舞吧。

Marlon Brando's childhood was not happy. His parents drank too much alcohol and argued often.

马龙·白度的童年过得很开心。他的父母酗酒且经常吵架。