Using alcohol to fall asleep may signal hazardous drinking, according to an Annals of Family Medicine study.

用酒精帮助入睡可能预示嗜酒，据家庭医学年报的一项研究。

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They then focused on 261 19-year-olds who had been evaluated for early-life adversity and for hazardous drinking according to the Alcohol use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT).

接下来，她们继续关注261个19岁被评估幼年时期生活艰难的年轻人，同时他们都通过酒精使用紊乱鉴定测试(AUDIT)具有过量饮酒行为。

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A broad range of alcohol consumption patterns, from occasional hazardous drinking to daily heavy drinking, creates significant public health and safety problems in nearly all countries.

从偶尔有害饮酒到每日大量饮酒等一系列酒精消费模式在几乎所有国家都造成严重的公共卫生和安全问题。

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The survey concluded that the "prevalence of hazardous and harmful drinking has declined since 2003, most notably in the 2003 to 2009 period".

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He said health statistics showed that the problem of hazardous and harmful drinking was actually most common among the richer, rather than the poorer, sections of society.

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It meant that too little was being done for the estimated 7m hazardous drinkers - those drinking above the recommended limits but who were not yet seeing their health affected.

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