Alcohol is like drugs, the more you have it, the extra more you want to have it. Alcohol has ethanol, the mood altering substance that gets absorbed in your bloodstream making you feel good. Sadly people start drinking it for fun but end up getting addicted to it.
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Though people say consuming alcohol in moderate amounts is not hamful for the body, but that line is solely for people who have control over their alcohol consumption which is roughly 10% of people in Indian. Majority of people end up getting addicted to alcohol which ruins their personal and professional lives to a certain extent.
This post is actually about Gopi, the labourer. Gopi was a hardworking labourer who had migrated from a small village in northern Karnataka ( southern India) to Mangalore (also in Karnataka). He used to work in my parents garden on daily wage basis , whenever he was summoned. Gradually he shifted his family also to his new residence. He was a good man and that's what made my parents hire him for work. Things were going well and my parents used to refer him to other people who needed petty works done.
Gradually, Gopi found a new job as a labourer under a construction company. My parents were happy as that would ensure him a steady flow of income and that would be better for his two small daughters. One day, Gopi came home at 11 am to my parents home in an inbirated state asking for work. My mom told him to come next day when he is sober. He told mom that he needed some money to reach home and mom made sure that he had enough fare to reach home not extra.
Next day he came home and looked disappointed by himself. My dad asked him what was wrong and he said that the broker removed him from job and he has no work. His children are hungry and he is not able to provide for them. My dad asked him, how are you able to spend for your alcohol when you have no money to spend on your children's food? He was quite. Dad gave him work for the day and paid him his wage.
Well, his words didn't do any magic on Gopi and he still consumes a lot more alcohol while his wife has taken it on herself to look after her two daughters and herself by working as a domestic help. Now, all that Gopi does is, eat, sleep, drink and curse his luck.
Hard work minus his alcohol habits would surely have made Gopi and his family have a reasonable future. Gopi's is not the only family that is suffering because of alcohol. There are millions of others. There are families where the wife prays for her husband to die for he is not helping the family instead harrasing them and taking their hard earned money just to consume alcohol.
I wish, India bans alcohol completely. This would help manage families live peacefully.
@samysamy, I think more than alcohol, nicotin is more dangerous and harmful.
Statistics of 10%- I think, it may not be more than 1%, who consumes alcohol, drinks socially and within the limits.
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Yeah, nicotine and alcohol. In some cases combination of both. According to report in this website https://bit.ly/2bd6pEy 11% of indians are binge drinkers. You'll find a lot of people who have ruined their lives during to alcohol in lower middle class families.
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Dear mam@samysamy it's a great post. We know, Alcohol is a drug that slows down parts of your brain. Drinking alcohol can make you feel more relaxed. But Sadly people start drinking it for fun but end up getting addicted to it. It's very harmful for our people health. In India threre many peoples and also stdudent are start drinkimg alcohol and addicted to it. As soon as we should solve this problem. Great post mam.. keep going. Looking forward to read your next post.
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Good post for our society.... @samysamy
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Really dear @samysamy, the alcohol destroys a life, a family, a society. It is a destruction of brain, mind, body. Though people get addicted on alcohol. It is a curse for mankind i think. Go on didi. This types of posts help to gather awareness. Thank you so much for your post dear.
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Yes Mam you Are Right.Alchohol is very bad for health.it demote humans brain.
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Yeah it is injurious to our health....we should not drink alcohol @samysamy
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