やけ（自棄）酒はwallowing in alcohol, in drink, in sorrowsのような表現を使います。drown sorrows in drinkでもいいでしょう。0:12 I know a man who drowns his sorrows in the cheapest booze.
ALBERT HAMMOND - NAMES TAGS, NUMBERS AND LABLES (1972)
2:06 Trump is drowning his sorrows in a dozen Diet Cokes each day.
Trump Called His Sexual Assault Accuser The 'C-Word'
参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2010/02/blog-post_5701.html 迎え酒を英語でなんと言うか？
