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Grammar detail: ～ずに（は）いられない

～ずに（は）いられない - cannot help but ...
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verb negative stem + ず
+
に（は）
+
いられない
means
cannot help but ~
The ず negative form of a verb is an archaic form which simply uses ず instead of the modern ない. In this construction, the ず negative is combined with the negative potential form of いる (to be / to exist), which means 'cannot be'. So the construction literally means 'without doing ~, I cannot exist' - in other words, 'I cannot help but do ~'.
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いぞん
依存
しょう
症
とはお
さけ
酒
を
の
飲
まずにはいられない
びょうき
病気
だ。
Alcohol dependence is an illness with which one cannot help but drink alcohol.
Japanese contains several subtly different ways of expressing 'must do ~', 'have to do ~', 'feel obliged to do ~', 'cannot help but do ~' etc (as does English!).
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Kanji used in this grammar

依
イ   エ    reliant   
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存
ソン   ゾン    suppose   
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症
ショウ    symptoms   
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酒
シュ   さけ    さか- sake   
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飲
イン   のむ to drink   
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病
ヘイ   ビョウ   やまい illness   やむ to fall ill   
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気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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