Name: 酒精超讚的！ (Alcohol is AMAZING)
Uploaded: 2026-01-13T17:06:34.000Z
Duration: 14 min 12 s

Alcohol is the most harmful substance on earth.

Alcohol 是地球上最傷人的 substance。

Every year, it kills more people than terrorism, wars, homicide, and car accidents combined.

每年，它造成的死亡人數比 terrorism、wars、homicide 和 car accidents 加起來還多。

It injures tens of millions in accidents, violence, and crime, while keeping hundreds of millions trapped in disease.

它在 accidents、violence 和 crime 中傷害了數千萬人，同時讓數億人受困於 disease。

If it didn't exist already, inventing it today would be unthinkable.

如果它還不存在，現在 inventing 它絕對是 unthinkable。

And yet, more than 2 billion people drink.

然而，有超過 2 billion 人在 drink。

Most of us can't imagine a barbecue without beer, a wedding without wine, or a fancy soiree without champagne.

我們大多數人無法想像沒有 beer 的 barbecue、沒有 wine 的 wedding，或沒有 champagne 的 fancy soiree。

We have a drink at the weekend because it's the weekend, but

我們週末會 drink 一杯，因為是週末，但

also after work, when we're stressed and when we're relaxed, sad and happy at home and outside.

下班後、壓力大時、放鬆時、難過或開心時，在家或在外，我們也會 drink。

Why do we cling so much to the thing that harms us the most?

為什麼我們要如此執著於對我們傷害最大的東西呢？

You after one drink Alcohol is a biological weapon that yeast produces during fermentation to wipe out its competition in alcoholic drinks.

你喝一杯 alcohol 後，它就變成酵母在發酵過程中產生的生物武器，用來消滅其他競爭者。

It's mixed with water and flavored with everything from fruits to caramel.

它會和水混合，並加入從水果到焦糖等各種風味。

With just one sip, sextillions of alcohol molecules flood your stomach and small intestine.

只要喝一小口，數萬億個 alcohol 分子就會湧入你的胃和小腸。

From there, they head to your liver, your primary detox center, and to other organs like the brain.

接著，它們會前往你的肝臟，也就是你主要的解毒中心，以及大腦等其他器官。

But your liver can only process about one sip of beer every five minutes.

但你的肝臟每五分鐘大約只能處理一杯 beer 的量。

So unless you drink really slowly, it will become overwhelmed while an ever growing swarm floods your brain.

所以除非你喝得很慢，否則它會不堪負荷，而不斷增加的 alcohol 則會淹沒你的大腦。

The legion of intruders fills your brain and starts messing with neurotransmitters and receptors.

這些入侵者會充滿你的大腦，開始幹擾神經傳導物質和受體。

Their sabotage is so complex that scientists aren't fully sure yet about all their mechanisms.

它們的破壞作用非常複雜，科學家們還不完全確定所有機制。

But we know that alcohol numbs your neurons, making them slower and disrupts their communication.

但我們知道 alcohol 會麻痺你的神經元，讓它們變慢並擾亂它們的溝通。

This has several it sedates you, melting away tension and stress.

這會讓你感覺鎮定，融化緊張和壓力。

It stuns your prefrontal cortex, your center for decision making and self control, making you more disinhibited and prone to say or do things that you normally wouldn't.

它會麻痺你的前額葉皮質，也就是你負責做決定和自我控制的中心，讓你更放鬆，更容易說或做一些你平常不會做的事。

Feel good Molecules deeply tied to human connection.

這些讓人感覺良好的分子，與人際連結息息相關。

The chemicals that we produce when we laugh, sing, or dance with others, and

這些是我們跟別人一起笑、唱歌或跳舞時會產生的化學物質，

which help us turn fleeting moments into shared memories.

並且幫助我們將短暫的時刻變成共同的回憶。

So after a drink or three, the world doesn't only feel lighter, it feels lighter with others.

所以喝了一兩杯之後，世界不僅感覺更輕鬆，跟別人在一起時感覺也更輕鬆。

The invisible walls of insecurity around us begin to soften, and

我們內心不安的無形高牆開始軟化，

you find yourself becoming a little more you less afraid to talk, laugh, sing, or share joys and sorrows.

你會發現自己變得更像自己，比較不怕說話、大笑、唱歌，或分享喜怒哀樂。

Conversations flow easier, smiles last a little longer, and strangers can become friends or lovers more easily.

對話變得更順暢，笑容持續得更久，陌生人也更容易變成朋友或情人。

So for a while, it feels like the weight of being human isn't yours to carry alone.

所以有一陣子，你會覺得身為人類的重擔不是你一個人要扛。

Alcohol sits at a sweet spot of gentle relaxation, mild courage, and

alcohol 帶來一種剛剛好的溫和放鬆、一點點勇氣，

friendly companionship that Makes it the perfect social lubricant.

還有那種能讓社交更自在的友善陪伴。

Your body on regular drinking for billions.

你身體長期飲酒的狀況，對數十億人來說是這樣。

These rounds become more frequent over time.

這樣的飲酒次數會隨著時間越來越頻繁。

The occasional drink becomes a weekly habit, Then a ritual every other day.

偶爾喝一杯變成每週習慣，然後變成隔天一次的例行公事。

And there's always this buddy who drinks way more and has a perfectly normal life.

而且總會有個朋友，他喝超多，但生活卻一切正常。

But as the rounds add up over years, the damage builds up.

但隨著年復一年地越喝越多，傷害也一點一點累積。

The alcohol molecule can dissolve in water and fat, which allows it to invade almost every cell and tissue.

酒精分子能溶於水和脂肪，這讓它能入侵幾乎所有細胞和組織。

And when your body breaks it down, it transforms into acetaldehyde, A chemical that's even more toxic than alcohol itself.

而且當你的身體分解酒精時，它會轉變成乙醛，一種比酒精本身毒性更強的化學物質。

And that wreaks havoc on your tissues, cells and DNA in your brain.

這會對你大腦的組織、細胞和 DNA 造成嚴重破壞。

This shrinks your neurons and severs their connections, Making it harder for different parts of the brain to communicate.

這會讓你的神經元萎縮並切斷它們之間的連結，讓大腦不同部位更難溝通。

As your brain withers, your memories fade, your thinking slows down, and your risk of dementia increases.

隨著大腦萎縮，你的記憶會逐漸模糊，思考速度變慢，失智症的風險也會增加。

The younger you are, the wider the damage.

你越年輕，造成的傷害就越大。

And the more you drink in one go, the worse you'll make it.

而且一次喝越多，情況就會越糟。

The human brain isn't fully wired until your mid-20s, so drinking before that age is like smashing wet cement before it's set.

人腦要到二十幾歲中期才會完全發育成熟，所以在這之前喝酒，就像在濕水泥還沒乾之前就把它砸爛一樣。

20 year olds, Blackout drinking episodes have been found to cause mental problems for up to a year.

20歲的年輕人，一次喝到斷片（Blackout drinking episodes）可能會造成長達一年的精神問題。

Forgetting why you entered a room or having difficulty learning new things.

忘記為什麼進房間，或是學習新事物變得困難。

Binge drinking in late adolescence is also one of the highest risk factors for early onset dementia.

青少年晚期飲酒過量，也是導致失智症提早發生的最高風險因素之一。

Just as smoking hits your lungs, Alcohol causes eight types of cancer, basically everywhere, from mouth to bowel, plus breast cancer in women.

就像抽菸會傷害肺部一樣，alcohol 會造成八種癌症，幾乎遍及全身，從口腔到腸道，女性還有乳癌。

Here, risks start at an average consumption of less than one glass of wine per day.

在這裡，每天平均飲用不到一杯 wine 就會開始有風險。

Worldwide, alcohol causes around 740,000 new cancer cases per year, leading to 400,000 deaths.

全球每年 alcohol 造成大約 74 萬起新的癌症病例，並導致 40 萬人死亡。

Alcohol disrupts fat metabolism, causing fat to build up in your liver cells.

alcohol 會干擾脂肪代謝，導致脂肪堆積在肝臟細胞裡。

But this often has no symptoms, so you may go on drinking.

不過，這常常沒有明顯症狀，所以你可能會繼續喝。

As your liver slowly turns to fat, swells with inflammation, and starts to fail.

當你的肝臟慢慢變成脂肪肝，發炎腫脹，然後開始衰竭。

Your liver is full of scars and barely functioning.

你的肝臟佈滿疤痕，幾乎無法運作。

This might take over 10 years, but once it appears, it's largely irreversible.

這可能需要十年以上，但一旦出現，大多是不可逆的。

Every year, 600,000 people die because they have a liver destroyed by alcohol.

每年有六十萬人因為肝臟被 alcohol 摧毀而死亡。

Drinking also weakens your heart, raises blood pressure, and

喝酒也會削弱你的心臟，提高血壓，並且

increases the risk of stroke and thrombosis, leading to another 500,000 deaths from cardiovascular diseases every year.

增加中風和血栓的風險，每年是以有另外五十萬人死於心血管疾病。

In terms of looks, too, alcohol damages cells around your body, including your skin, which looks older sooner.

在外觀上，alcohol 也會破壞你全身的細胞，包括你的皮膚，讓皮膚看起來更顯老。

And not only does alcohol contain a lot of calories itself, It Also makes many people very hungry.

而且 alcohol 本身熱量很高，還會讓很多人食慾大開。

Drinking is a huge source of weight gain and increases the risk of obesity, opening the door to a cascade of other health problems.

喝酒是造成體重增加的一大原因，也會增加肥胖的風險，進而引發一連串其他健康問題。

When scientists crunch these numbers, they see that health problems can start at about one beer a day, and

科學家們在計算這些數字時發現，每天大約一杯 beer 就可能開始出現健康問題，

that the chances of premature death start rising significantly at around three beers a day for men and less than two for women.

而且男性每天大約喝三杯 beer，女性則不到兩杯，死亡風險就會顯著上升。

If this sounds like a lot to you, maybe look around.

如果這聽起來有點多，或許你可以看看周遭。

In the eu, the average man drinks the equivalent of almost three beers a day.

在歐盟，平均男性每天喝的量相當於近三杯 beer。

Similar figures apply to much of the world, especially the West.

世界上許多地方，尤其是西方國家，情況也差不多。

There's no other drug we consume that gets so close to the edge of harm.

沒有其他藥物像 alcohol 這樣，這麼接近危險邊緣。

它摧毀他人的無與倫比的能力。

Alcohol causes a staggering amount of accidents.

Alcohol 造成驚人的 accident 數量。

The numbness and disinhibition of a few drinks can morph you into a clumsy critter eager to take really stupid risks on a balcony, at sea, or on the road.

幾杯 drink 下肚的麻木和解除抑制，可能會讓你變成一隻笨拙的動物，急著在陽臺、海上或路上冒著極度愚蠢的風險。

Every year, alcohol fueled accidents kill 500,000 people, 300,000 of them in car accidents.

每年，alcohol 造成的 accident 奪走 50 萬人的生命，其中 30 萬人是死於 car accidents。

But more than half of the people who died in those crashes didn't drink.

但在那些車禍中喪生的人，超過一半並沒有喝酒。

他們只是因為別人喝酒而喪命。

Alcohol is also one of the major causes of violence, from fights in the pub to domestic abuse, other brutal assaults and murder.

Alcohol 也是 violence 的主要原因之一，從酒吧裡的打鬥到家庭暴力、其他殘酷的攻擊和 homicide。

essentially 50% of all violent crime and sexual assault is committed by drunk offenders.

基本上，所有 violent crime 和性侵犯中有 50% 是由酒醉的罪犯所為。

Each year, alcohol fueled crime kills about 100,000 people.

每年，alcohol 造成的 crime 大約會奪走 10 萬人的生命。

That's a city like Pisa being massacred every year by a drunk mobile.

每年都有一個像比薩一樣的城市，被酒駕的車輛屠殺。

And then you have all the non lethal victims.

然後還有所有非致命的受害者。

In England alone, 500,000 adults are injured every year in accidents caused by drunk people.

光是在英國，每年就有 50 萬名成人因為酒醉的人所造成的 accidents 而受傷。

Another 800,000 get hurt in violent attacks by drunk offenders.

另外有 80 萬人因為酒醉的罪犯的 violent attacks 而受傷。

Zoomed out to the rest of the drinking world.

This means that every year, dozens of millions are physically harmed by someone else's drinking.

這意味著每年有數千萬人因為別人的飲酒行為而身體受傷。

The most innocent bystanders are the 600,000 babies born every year with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, A devastating lifelong condition caused by drinking during pregnancy.

最無辜的旁觀者是每年出生的 60 萬名嬰兒，他們罹患了胎兒酒精症候群，這是一種懷孕期間飲酒所造成的毀滅性終身疾病。

Alcohol is nothing short of a global catastrophe.

alcohol 簡直就是一場全球性的災難。

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