ЗАЛИВАТЬ/ЗАЛИТЬ ГОРЕ (ТОСКУ) (чем)VPsubj: human to suppress a feeling of grief by drinking
X заливает горе - X is drowning his sorrows (troubles, woes etc)
X is drinking away (drinking to forget) his sorrows (troubles, woes etc).
Шарманщика не было дома - он всё ешё заливал своё горе с приятелями... (Паустовский 1). (The organ grinder) was still out with his friends, drowning his sorrows in the pubs (1a).