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They Dared Cocaine—and Lost
嘗試可卡因后，他們迷失了
Hengry Hurt
亨利·赫特
A Dream Destroyed
破滅的夢
Stan Belin was born in the 1930s to an urban family locked in the grip of the Great Depression. His was a fractured family—one in which his parents fought constantly. "I lived with a feeling of impending doom," he says. This fear drove him to be a model child.
斯坦·貝林于20世紀30年代出生在一個飽受經濟大蕭條之苦的城市家庭里。這是一個破裂的家庭——他的父母常常無休止地吵架?！拔疑钪锌偢杏X末日將至?！彼f。這種恐懼的心理促使他成了一名模范好孩子。
Stan has a vivid memory of once leaning against a bridge railing as a boy and gazing at a handsome party boat passing below. He could see people on deck enjoying their outing. It was a scene of comfort and luxury he could hardly have imagined. That mental picture influenced the boy's idea of success. His goals became money, power, and prestige.
斯坦還清楚地記得，小時候，有一次他靠在一座橋的欄桿上，出神地望著一艘豪華游艇在橋下駛過。他能看到甲板上的人在盡情地享受著旅游的快樂。那是一種他從來沒有想象過的舒適、奢侈的情景。他頭腦中的這幅畫面影響了他對成功的看法。他的目標變成了追求金錢、權力和名望。
Stan did well in school. He found his greatest academic success in his science courses. But he lacked the confidence to pursue a medical career and turned to dentistry as a quicker route to his life's goals.
斯坦在學校成績很好，尤其在理科方面成績優異，但是他對從事醫學缺乏信心，便轉向了牙科，把它作為實現自己生活目標的一條捷徑。
He married a young woman he had known since high school, and for over 20 years Stan and Jane lived a life that many people would envy. His reputation spread, the money started rolling in and he was appointed to a prestigious position by his state government. Two healthy children were born. The family had a magnificent house, expensive automobiles and took exotic vacations.
他與在中學時代就相識的一位女士結了婚，20多年來，斯坦和妻子簡過著令許多人羨慕的日子。他聲名大噪，財源滾滾，在州政府擔任要職，并有了兩個健康的孩子。他們擁有了豪華的住宅、昂貴的汽車，還常到國外度假。
The crowning touch for Stan came when he bought a luxury yacht and sailed to the bridge where, as a child, he had first glimpsed what he hoped would be his future.
斯坦最輝煌的時刻到了，他買了一艘豪華游艇，駛向他兒時第一次瞥見游艇并開始夢想擁有游艇的那座橋下。
