你为什么不喝酒?
2023-10-09 Kira_Yoshikage 4098
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What's your reason for not drinking alcohol?

你为什么不喝酒?

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Ordinary_Pumpkin8110
I didn’t have a healthy relationship with alcohol. I’d drink to cure my boredom and help with social anxiety. I couldn’t handle my alcohol and often drank too much. It got to the point where I was always somewhat buzzed. I finally realized back in 2021 that I needed to make a change. 2 years sober as of this July!

我和酒精之间的关系并不健康。我喝酒是为了疗愈自己的无聊,解决自己的社交焦虑。我控制不了自己喝酒的量,经常喝太多。甚至已经到了我24小时都晕乎乎的程度。2021年我终于意识到自己得做出改变。到了今年7月,我已经戒酒两年了!

bugzaway
Similar story except: I don't have social anxiety and I never overdid it. But I drank all the time to cure my boredom and soothe various life anxieties (money, career, family, etc). I also realized long ago that all alcohol really did was both deepen my despair and at the same time (this is critical) make me ok with it. It created a sort of learned impotence where you are acutely aware of your problems (to an exaggerated degree) while at the same time feeling powerless or even just being unwilling to resolve them. I've known this for years but it's only recently that I was able to walk away from it.

我和你的故事差不多,除了我没有社会焦虑,我也从来都没喝多过。但是我喝酒从来都是为了让自己不那么无聊,以及平缓各种值得焦虑的人生问题(金钱,生涯,家庭,等等)。并且我很长时间之前就意识到酒精真正给我带来的只是加深我的绝望,而与此同时(最重要的是)让我习惯这种绝望。这制造了一种习得性无助,你对自己的问题非常清楚(以至于清楚的有些过分了),但与此同时你却觉得非常无力,甚至根本不愿意解决这些问题。我知道这种问题已经有几年了,但是直到最近我才终于可以让自己远离这种问题。

Now in middle age, it's clear that alcohol has been a significant contributor to my chronic underachievement. I have a great education and highly sought after qualifications and have commanded six figures for more than 10 years, but I have chronically underperformed at work, been let go a few times, have no retirement savings, am laden with debt, and have been on the brink of homelessness many times due to financial irresponsibility. All of that, is largely.due to alcohol and the feeling of existential torpor and stagnation it caused in me.

人到中年,很明显的一件事,就是酒精对于我长期以来的成就不足,起到了至关重要的作用。我经受过良好的教育,并且拥有众人趋之若鹜的各种资历。十多年来我的收入一直都有六位数。但是长期以来,我在岗位上一直没有尽全力工作,曾经被解职过几次,没有退休存款,饱受债务困扰,因为自己在财务上的不负责,而很多次在无家可归的边缘徘徊。一切的一切很大程度上都是因为酒精,以及酒精所导致的停滞感和怠惰感。

So I'm done. For good? Who knows. But I will never be a habitual drinker again. I don't miss it at all. I have been in situations where I thought I would want to drink (in bars, out with friends, etc) and never touched and drop and I had a blast - something I could have imagined before. I wake up bright and early and in a good mood. I don't ache all the time and take ibuprofen every day anymore. Flavors of life that were dulled from years of drink came roaring back. That feeling after a good night of sleep. The smell of coffee. Heck just any good smell. The taste of good food. I specify good food because I'm realizing that a lot of what I loved to eat when I drank was trash. Eating that sober made me realize that it's just overpowered with sodium and the like with zero subtlety. I feel like my palate is finally waking from a long dormancy.

所以我戒了。是好事吗?谁知道呢。但我再也不会变回习惯性的饮酒者了。我一点也不怀念。我曾经遇到过以为自己想要喝酒(在酒吧,陪朋友之类的),结果一滴酒也没喝,反倒兴高采烈的情况——这是我之前从来都不敢想象的。我充满活力地睡醒,心情愉悦。我再也不会浑身上下都疼,每天都要吃布洛芬了。因多年酗酒钝化的生活的味道呼啸着飞驰回来。那种睡一夜好觉醒来的感觉。咖啡的香味。妈的,甚至任何一种香味。好吃的东西的美味。尤其是好吃的东西,因为我忽然发现以前喝酒的时候喜欢吃的很多东西都是垃圾。不喝酒的时候吃那些东西,我才意识到里面只是加了过量的盐,一点层次都没有。我感觉自己的味蕾在长期的休眠之后终于醒了过来。

The days are much longer but in a good way! I used to drink to pass the time, shrink the day. All those hours, days, years wasted. We have only one life and I drank so much of it away because I couldn't handle reality and be present.

每天变得长了很多,但这是好事!我以前习惯通过喝酒来打发时光,让一天变的短暂。那么多个小时,那么多天,那么多年都浪费掉了。我们只有一次生命,而我却用酗酒把大量的生命给浪费掉了,因为我承受不了现实,我没法活在现在。

There is so much more I want to say but I'll leave it here for now.

我还有很多很多东西想要说,但我暂时先不说了。
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The only downside is that it's harder to fall asleep without alcohol. But that only means that I am more active during the day to make sure I am tired enough to sleep through. It's not even something I do consciously: with my days feeling much longer and the fact that I have a lot more energy, I can just cram more shit into the day, and it's great. And guess what, not drinking has made my gym attendance and fitness routine a lot more consistent, so that too works in getting me wiped by the end of the day.

唯一的缺点就是没有酒精的话,入睡会变得更加困难。但这仅仅意味着我在白天会变得更加活跃,从而让我晚上累到能睡得着觉。这甚至不是我需要有意去做的:随着白天变得更长,我也更加精力充沛,我可以在白天干更多的事情,并且感觉不错。而且你猜怎么着,不喝酒让我去健身房去的更勤了,健身也更规律了,所以这也能让我到晚上变得更累。

Right now, for the first time in a very long time, life is good.

现在,很长时间以来,我第一次觉得生活还不错。

willow-and-sage
I could have written this word for word. It feels validating to have someone explain your situation so acutely. It makes me feel like I wasn't alone all those years. 100% agree that drinking makes you hyper aware of your problems but apathetic about solving them, even if the solution isn't all that difficult to carry out. I always felt like I had potential but was nowhere close to living it out.

我可以一个字一个字地写出和你一模一样的话。有其他人能如此准确地描述你现在的状况,这会带来一种价值感。这让我觉得这些年来我并不孤单。我100%同意喝酒会让你无比清楚自己面临的问题,但对于解决问题却毫不关心,就算解决问题本身一点也不困难。我总是感觉我浑身都是潜力,却根本没办法发挥出来。

Also, it's true alcohol makes you fall asleep quickly, but you don't enter REM, so the sleep you do get isn't restful; that's why you wake up feeling tired the next day, even if you slept 8 hours. This took me way too long to figure out, and I wondered why I was always tired. You'll get more quality rest sleeping 4 hours sober than 8 hours intoxicated.

此外,酒精确实能让你迅速入眠,但你无法进入快速眼动期,也就是说你的睡眠并不能让你充分休息——所以第二天你醒来之后还是觉得困,就算你已经睡够了8个小时。我花了太长时间才意识到,我还在想为什么自己总是那么累。你不喝酒睡四个小时,得到的休息质量会比醉酒后的八个小时还好。

And I completely resonate with the little joys coming back -- alcohol artificially spikes your dopamine, so simple pleasures don't impact us much. Once you quit drinking, the little things begin to make us feel good again. That's a great perk.

并且我完全可以理解你所说的细小的快乐回来了的那种感觉——酒精会人工提升你的多巴胺,所以简单的快乐不再能给你带来刺激了。只要你开始戒酒,这些小事儿就会重新开始让我们感觉不错。这是很好的一点。

I also lost weight when I quit drinking. About 30lbs. Alcohol has calories plus I ate a lot more (and junk, as you say) when I was drunk and hungover. Not only did I eat better when sober but I also had the energy to go on walks every day. Feeling better about my body and just feeling more physically fit also helped me not want to drink.

我戒酒之后也减了肥,差不多减了30磅,酒精本身就含卡路里,此外我喝醉之后宿醉的时候吃的也更多了(吃的也是垃圾,如你所说)。现在我不仅戒酒之后吃的东西更好了,而且我还有力气每天出门散步了。感觉我的身体变得越来越好,身材越来越结实,这也让我不再想要喝酒了。

Lastly, I do find it hard to quit something without finding something to replace it. So, I switched my nightly whiskey to a nightly coffee. The ritual of making a drink was still there, and I still got a nice buzz, just a different kind. Yes, I went to bed a little later, but I slept way better. And coffee actually helped me clean the house or write or be productive rather than just drink and watch a random movie. All in all, way better for me and my life.

最后,我确实发现如果直接戒掉,而没有任何替代品的话,那么戒断是很难困难的。所以,我把每天晚上喝的威士忌换成了咖啡。给自己做一杯饮品的仪式感还在,我也仍然能感到浑身舒适,只不过是另一种舒适。没错,我上床的时间确实晚了一些,但是我睡得也更香了。并且咖啡还能帮我打扫房间,或者写作,或者变得更有创造性,而不只是一边喝酒一边看什么无聊的电影。总而言之,对我或是我的生活来说都好多了。

I'm happy you're the same and found a better path. "Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most." I think of this when I worry too much about past mistakes. Keep on keeping on, friend!

我很高兴你和我一样,找到了另一条更好的道路。“每天早晨我们都经历了一次重生。我们今天做的才是最重要的。”我每次过于担心过去犯下的错误的时候,都会想起来这句话。坚持不懈,朋友!

Hamnesia
I realized my drinking was getting out of control, so I quit.

我意识到我的饮酒问题越来越失控了,所以我就戒了。

FriedGangsta55
I'm starting to realize that too. Also, I perceive now that alcohol was involved with a lot of my problems back then.

我也慢慢开始意识到这一点了。此外,我现在还发现酒精和我以前的很多问题都有关联。

So I'm quitting too

所以我也要戒了。

e22ddie46
You got this! It may take a while but your life will eventually improve. For me, for example, it took about 8 months to get my mental health to a healthy point. But I was definitely drinking to deal with my depression and anxiety.

你说的没错!或许得花一段时间,但你的生活终究是会改善的。拿我举个例子,我花了大概八个月的时间才把自己的心理状态调整到一个比较健康的地步。但曾经的我绝对是在通过饮酒来应对我的抑郁和焦虑问题。

moodswung
This is an aspect I think is often glossed over. When I first quit drinking it was like I was having to relearn how to think and process the world -- I had no idea the haze I was in from alcohol even with taking breaks from it for a day here or there.

我认为人们经常会忽略这个角度。我第一次戒酒的时候,感觉就像是我不得不重新学会如何思考、如何感知这个世界一样——我根本没能意识到酒精给我的生活带来的迷雾是怎样的,尽管偶尔有一天我也会不喝酒。

Once the initial clouds were lifted I was forced to confront a few things head on that I had been avoiding. I'm still far from perfect but I do feel 1000% healthier mentally these days.

在一开始的云雾消散之后,我不得不开始面对一直以来都在逃避的一些事情。我仍然远远算不上完美,但这几天我确实觉得自己要比以前健康多了。
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LaMelgoatBall
That's how quitting weed has been for me. It's a really weird feeling and pretty scary at first if you've been drinking or smoking for long periods

戒大麻对我来说就是这样感觉。真的感觉非常怪,而且如果你之前酗酒或者抽大麻有很长一段时间的话,那么这种感觉一开始还会特别吓人。

Debaser626
I’m allergic to alcohol.

我对酒精过敏。

Whenever I drink, I break out in handcuffs.

每次一喝酒,我手上就会长手铐。

Miseragjhgjghj
Alcohol interferes with memory and learning. Alcohol increases the likelihood that you will use other drugs. Alcohol increases your risk of developing cancer. Alcohol can lead to liver disease and other severe, chronic diseases.

酒精会影响记忆和学习能力。酒精会提升你滥用其他毒品的概率。酒精会提升你患癌症的风险。酒精会导致肝病和其他严重的长期疾病。

TheMoparPowerslave
It doesn't appeal to me at all

对我来说一点儿也不好喝

ChronoClaws
I honestly just don't like the taste-- I really do prefer juice. Also I'ma choose calories from cake/cookies/sweets over alcohol every time.

我真的只是不喜欢这股味道而已——我真的更喜欢喝果汁儿。此外我宁愿摄入来自蛋糕、饼干或糖果的卡路里,也不愿意喝酒。

isysopi201
No matter the alcoholic beverage you can always taste that ethanol.

不论怎样的含酒精饮料,你都能喝出乙醇的味道。

m8k
When I had my first drink, I had a piña colada which I’d drank virgin versions of my whole childhood. The rum just ruined the taste of it for me and didn’t add any benefit.

我第一次喝酒的时候,点的是椰林飘香,从小到大我喝的一直是这种鸡尾酒的无酒精版本。但里面的朗姆酒彻底毁掉了鸡尾酒的味道,也没有任何更好喝的地方。

I’ll keep drinking mocktails and enjoy the sweet

我还是接着喝无酒精版,享受甜味吧。

LucianPitons
Always want to be in control. Good or Bad.

永远想要掌控自己。不论好坏。

ysonEmmitt
Yes. I'm 44 and have never drank alcohol. I never had any interest in it, it didn't appeal to me based on how I saw it affect other people. People would always tell me, "it lowers your inhibitions." I'm like, I feel like my inhibitions are there for a reason!

没错。我今年44岁,我从来都没喝过酒。我对酒精没有过任何兴趣,从我观察到的酒精对别人的影响来看,它对我也没什么吸引力。人们总是跟我说,“这让你不那么拘束”。我寻思,我感觉我的拘束感是有原因的呀!

eveninghawk0
One of my sons is 22 and at university and does not drink. He tried alcohol at home once to see what it was like and didn't like it. So, that was it. You're not alone!

我的一个儿子22岁,已经上大学了,从不喝酒。他在家试过一次,想看看是什么感觉,但不喜欢。所以就这样了。你不是一个人!

My other son is 21 and at uni and drinks the way lots of students do - once or twice a week. Neither of them has a negative view of the other. They're just different.

我另一个儿子今年21岁,也在上大学,他喝酒的方式和绝大多数其他学生一样——一星期喝一两次。两个人对彼此都没什么负面的看法。只是不一样而已。
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lostdarkstarx
The hangover is not worth it

宿醉一点也不值

silverblackgold
“Not being hungover is more fun than being drunk” is the quote that always sticks with me.

“能免得宿醉比喝醉本身更有意思”,我一直都记得这句话。

GraveDancer40
I drink but almost never get drunk and that is exactly why. The hangover just isn’t worth it.

我也喝酒,但几乎从不喝醉,这就是原因。宿醉根本就不值。

Spacegod87
Same. I drink and drink and I'm kind of drunk for what feels like 5 minutes and then I sober up so fast. And then comes all the confused comments from everyone (who are all happily drunk) as to why I'm leaving/not having fun, etc.

我也一样。我喝到差不多醉个五分钟,然后就立刻醒酒了。然后身边所有人(他们都醉得乐呵呵的)就很困惑地问我为什么要走,为什么不开心之类的。

So exhausting..

太累了……

Ashtar-the-Squid
Never felt the need for it, and I don't like the taste. Plus the fact that my family is full of alcoholics.

从来没觉得有这方面需求,我也不喜欢味道。此外,我家里人全都是酒鬼。

But the main thing that made me decide to stay away from it is AC/DC. When I was a teenager underage drinking was a big problem in my area. And there was a lot of peer pressure. At the same time I had a lot of problems at home. Through all of it AC/DC was a life raft. They were an uplifiting and positive constant that I could always go back to. And it often felt like they were my only ally. When I was 16 I found out that Angus Young (the lead guitar player) did not drink. It was then I decided for good that if the most amazing man in the world stayed away from it, I would stay away from it too. I will turn 36 soon and I have still never been drunk.

但让我决定远离酒精的最主要的原因,还是AC/DC(译注:著名硬摇滚乐队)。我还是个青少年的时候,未成年饮酒问题在我们那一片很严重。我遭受着严重的同辈压力。与此同时我家里也遇到了很多问题。AC/DC就像是我的救生艇一样。我永远能在他们那里找到积极向上的因素。并且我经常会觉得他们是我唯一的盟友。我16岁那年,发现安格斯·杨(主音吉他手)也不喝酒。当时我就决定,如果世界上最牛逼的那个人都不喝酒,那我也不喝酒。我马上就36岁了,我到今天为止仍然没喝醉过。

KingKurto_
Expensive, tastes like shit, is literally poison, a shit ton of pointless calories, dehydrates you.

贵,难喝,本质是一种毒药,毫无意义的卡路里,会让你脱水。

frankly i dont see any reason to drink alcohol.

说实话我找不到任何喝酒的理由。

letspetpuppies
Yeah it’s an easy way to increase a $50 dinner bill to $100+. I live in an expensive city where cocktails are $20. Like wtf? Why are drinks as expensive as a dinner entree??!

没错,50美元的晚餐加上酒之后轻轻松松就要上100多美元了。我住在一个昂贵的城市里,这里鸡尾酒都要20美元。认真的吗?为什么饮品要和正餐的前菜一样贵?

EstProf731
What felt like an elixir in my younger years felt like a toxin as I aged. When it started to bring the mood down instead of boosting it, it had to go. Great choice. Tough socially for a while but excellent move.

年轻时像神药一样的酒,现在随着年龄增长已经变得像毒药一样了。当酒精只能让我的心情变得更差而不是更好的时候,我就不得不放弃了。这个选择倒是不错。虽然感到过一阵子的难受,但还是很不错的选择。

theNikipedia
I never started. I started martial arts at 10, and my instructor who til this day I consider a father figure, preached about the damage ones hands can do. When my friends started to drink they all got aggressive and I didn't want to hurt anyone ao I avoided it, then it became a career in the sport and I just preferred to train instead. People always need a designated driver, so I stayed sober. I'm in my mate 30s now, still never had a drop.

我就没喝过。我10岁那年开始学武术,我的师傅是像我父亲一样的人物,他跟我说过一个人的手能造成的伤害有多大。我朋友开始喝酒之后,都会变得非常暴躁,我不想伤害任何人,所以我一直在避免喝酒。此后我靠武术运动进入了职业生涯,我宁愿训练也不喜欢喝酒。人们总是需要个司机,所以我就滴酒不沾。现在我已经三十多岁了,还是一滴都没喝过。

Didn't even drink at my own wedding. But I was considering it for my divorce

甚至在自己的婚礼上也没喝。但离婚的时候我说不定可以喝两口。

Pure_Mammoth_1233
I love beer, wine and spirits. But the calories are just too high. So I quit. I have about one beer a year now. Trying to stay healthy.

我喜欢啤酒、葡萄酒和白酒。但卡路里实在太高了。所以我戒了。现在差不多一年也就喝一次啤酒。想要让自己保持健康。

umewho
Alcohol leads me to poor decisions, as well as to cocaine, which leads me to a multitude of other even poorer choices… was all fun and games in my 20s until friends started dying, and I became a father, so I stopped it at the source. No more drinking for me!

酒精会让我做出糟糕的决策,和可卡因一样,这会让我做出大量更加糟糕的决策……一直嘻嘻哈哈的,直到20多岁朋友们忽然开始离世,我也当上父亲了,于是我斩草除根了。再也不喝酒了!

verbatum213
It’s destroyed more lives of the people I know more than anything else (death, homelessness, liver failure - and these are all separate people, just to name a few).

我认识的人里生活被酒精毁掉的比任何东西都多(死亡,无家可归,肝衰竭——这些都是发生在不同的人身上的,只是举几个例子)。

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