这些迹象表明你已对饮酒产生了依赖
"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?
"如果你问我对酒的看法，我会说我爱喝酒；它会让我放松、让生活变得有趣，"安妮·格蕾丝写道，她是新书This Naked Mind的作者，任何思考过"我是不是喝太多了"的读者都适合看这本书。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.
这一情绪是合情合理的。对于我们很多人而言，喝酒的确会让生活变得有趣。但享受饮酒和依赖饮酒的界限却令人困惑。听听格蕾丝的看法，在写This Naked Mind一书之前，她发现自己一晚能喝5杯葡萄酒，通常老公和孩子睡了之后会喝更多。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."
承认自己对酒产生依赖非常困难，因为格蕾丝大多数时候都表现得挺好的。"白天我还能控制自己，"她写道。"我很成功，也很忙。几乎看不出来我晚上喝了酒。"
Once you start, you can't stop
一旦开始喝酒，就停不下来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.
大多数人都能凭自己的喜好想喝就喝、想停就停，也就是说他们计划好晚上吃饭的时候喝一杯，而实际上他们就会这样做。而另一方面，喝酒上瘾的人无法控制自己什么时候饮酒、或停止饮酒。他们醒来的时候，会觉得自己需要一杯酒，这可能导致他们在危险的状况中饮酒，包括工作，甚至送孩子去踢足球的时候。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).
格蕾丝的情况处于两者之间，这并不罕见。"中间状态是指你能控制自己什么时候饮酒，但却控制不了什么时候停，"Poznanovich说道。所以你能等到晚餐的时候才喝第一杯葡萄酒，但一旦开始，你就忍不住再喝一杯（然后再来一杯、再来一杯）。You're drinking alone-and sneaking it
你一个人喝酒--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.
漫长的一天结束后自己一个人喝杯啤酒放松并不值得担忧，但如果你发现自己经常一个人喝酒，或者在其他人看不到你的时候偷偷喝酒，那你就得注意了。如果你有意识的隐瞒自己的饮酒情况，那你有可能已经在某种程度上意识到你和酒精有着不健康的关系，Poznanovich说道。
