19% of Americans exceed either the daily or weekly levels; one in 12 of those people has already progressed to alcohol abuse or alcoholism.

19%的美国人超出了每日或每周的水平，这些人当中有1/12已经发展到了酒精滥用或上瘾的程度。

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Education is bad, nutrition is poor and problems like alcoholism and child abuse abound.

低水平的教育，营养不良以及诸如酗酒和儿童虐待的问题比比皆是。

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Alcohol abuse and alcoholism can worsen existing conditions such as depression or induce new problems such as serious memory loss, depression, or anxiety.

大量饮酒和酗酒会使抑郁情绪恶化或者引发新的问题，如：严重失忆、抑郁症或焦虑症。

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Philip Brooks is a researcher at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the United States.

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Philip Brooks is a researcher at America's National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

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