It is easy to see how even a family which had had as good food as it wished and a few extras could be down to bread and scrape the barrel inside a month if the " demon drink " took hold 即使是一个本来想吃得好些就能吃得好些、尚有盈余可供某些别的开支的家庭,倘若嗜上酒来,则在不到一个月的时间里,就可以穷落下来,以致只能吃面包及必须掏尽家底,不难明白这种现象究竟是怎么回事。