A chalice full of whiskey for you to keep aside.
IRRADICATION OF LIQUOR ADDICTION AND DRUG ABUSE THROUGH SYSTEMIC CHANGE
Alcohol and drugs are eating away the vitals of communities in Kerala.
Casual submission to the pleasures of intoxication by alcohol and drug
is not the case with the people of Kerala. They have gone to
extremity and brought in notoriety that they are vying to retain the
hard earned first place for highest alcoholic consumption among the
world community. Amidst the abundance of divine blessings we are
compelled to put up with all vices we see in the world. We are first
for alcoholic consumption. For suicidal rate no one can defeat us. The
rate of family break up is soaring high. Old age homes are mushrooming
everywhere to shelter thrown out aged people. All are making
thunderous hue and cry against these misdeeds. Anti-alcohol movement
is very vibrant in Kerala for decades but the impact it gives is not
visibly felt by the community.
Legislative attempts have some limitations. Practically it is
impossible to declare the state as liquor Free State or dry state.
Even when the legitimate sale of liquor is easily available to all
needy people a parallel system of supply illicit liquor is rampant in
the state. Let the market be flooded with all sorts of liquor but we
want to reduce the number of potential buyers and users. How can we
achieve this dream like situation? At least we can strive for this
with concerted effort. In order to achieve this state of affairs we
must analyse and find out the reasons for people going after the
pleasures of intoxicants. Some of the reasons may be:
Children inherit the habits from alcoholic parents.
Influence of friends and associates.
Strained marital relationship
Denial of the conjugal right of married person.
Infidelity among the couples
Disillusioned with the behaviour of children
Excessive liabilities
Financial affluence
Poor spirituality. etc.
We want to see our people escape from the clutches of these evils. And
for that there is no panacea to serve to victim and make him free from
it. Each addict must be treated separately and the reason which
compels the victim take refuge of the alcohol or drug must be lifted
off so that he can be reconditioned from the addicted state
