這些跡象表明你已對飲酒產生了依賴
"If you ask me about drinking I'll tell you I love it; it relaxes me and makes life fun," writes Annie Grace, author of This Naked Mind, a new book for anyone who has ever wondered, Am I drinking too much?
"如果你問我對酒的看法，我會說我愛喝酒；它會讓我放鬆、讓生活變得有趣，"安妮·格蕾絲寫道，她是新書This Naked Mind的作者，任何思考過"我是不是喝太多了"的讀者都適合看這本書。The sentiment is a legitimate one. For many of us, drinking does make life fun. But the line between enjoying alcohol and depending on it can get fuzzy fast. Take it from Grace, who before writing This Naked Mind found herself imbibing five glasses of wine a night, often downing More while her husband and children slept.
這一情緒是合情合理的。對於我們很多人而言，喝酒的確會讓生活變得有趣。但享受飲酒和依賴飲酒的界限卻令人困惑。聽聽格蕾絲的看法，在寫This Naked Mind一書之前，她發現自己一晚能喝5杯葡萄酒，通常老公和孩子睡了之後會喝更多。Acknowledging her dependence was especially difficult because Grace functioned just fine most of the time. "During the day I [felt] in control," she writes. "I [was] successful and busy. The outward signs of how much I [drank were] practically nonexistent."
承認自己對酒產生依賴非常困難，因爲格蕾絲大多數時候都表現得挺好的。"白天我還能控制自己，"她寫道。"我很成功，也很忙。幾乎看不出來我晚上喝了酒。"
Once you start, you can't stop
一旦開始喝酒，就停不下來Most people have the ability to start and stop sipping whenever they please, meaning they'll plan to have one drink with actually have one drink with dinner. Those with an addiction, on the other hand, can't control when they start or stop drinking. They wake up feeling like they need a drink, which can lead them to imbibe in risky situations, including at work or even when they're driving their kid to soccer practice.
大多數人都能憑自己的喜好想喝就喝、想停就停，也就是說他們計劃好晚上吃飯的時候喝一杯，而實際上他們就會這樣做。而另一方面，喝酒上癮的人無法控制自己什麼時候飲酒、或停止飲酒。他們醒來的時候，會覺得自己需要一杯酒，這可能導致他們在危險的狀況中飲酒，包括工作，甚至送孩子去踢足球的時候。Grace fell somewhere in between, which isn't uncommon. "The middle stage is when you have control over when you start drinking but lose control of when you stop," says Poznanovich. So you're able to wait until dinner to have that first glass of wine, but once you do, you can't help but have another (and then another, and then another).
格蕾絲的情況處於兩者之間，這並不罕見。"中間狀態是指你能控制自己什麼時候飲酒，但卻控制不了什麼時候停，"Poznanovich說道。所以你能等到晚餐的時候才喝第一杯葡萄酒，但一旦開始，你就忍不住再喝一杯（然後再來一杯、再來一杯）。You're drinking alone-and sneaking it
你一個人喝酒--而且是偷偷摸摸的Relaxing solo with a beer after a long day isn't cause for concern, but take note if you find yourself drinking alone more often than not, or sneaking sips when you know others won't see you. If you're consciously hiding your drinking activity, you're probably already aware on some level that you have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, says Poznanovich.
漫長的一天結束後自己一個人喝杯啤酒放鬆並不值得擔憂，但如果你發現自己經常一個人喝酒，或者在其他人看不到你的時候偷偷喝酒，那你就得注意了。如果你有意識的隱瞞自己的飲酒情況，那你有可能已經在某種程度上意識到你和酒精有着不健康的關係，Poznanovich說道。
