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2.  Alcoholism is a chronic, often
progressive disease in which a person
craves alcohol and drinks despite
repeated alcohol related problems (like
losing a job or a relationship).
 Alcoholism involves a physical
dependence on alcohol, but other
factors include
genetic, psychological, and cultural
influences

3. By pharmacological definition
“alcohol is a drug and may be
classified as a sedative
, tranquilizer , hypnotic or
anesthetic , depending upon
the quantity consumed”.

4.  The consumption is 2 liters
per person a year.
However, patterns of
consumption vary.
Kerala, Punjab, Andhra
Pradesh, Goa and the
North-Eastern States have a
much higher proportion of
alcohol consumption.

5. The population groups at high risk are those
undergoing rapid socioeconomic and cultural changes
and under peer pressure, they view alcohol as a
symbol of prestige and social status.

6.  Studies by Alcohol & Drug
Information Centre (ADIC)-
India shows an alarming
increase in alcohol consumption
among adolescents and youth
during the last 20 years.
 The average age of initiation to
alcohol in Kerala which was 19
years in1986 has come down to
14 years in 2006.

7.  Drinking by yourself or in secret
 Craving alcohol, in early hours
 Not being able to control the amount you drink
 Blackouts (not remembering events or conversations)
 Becoming irritable when you can' t get a drink at your
regular time
 Having legal problems or an inability to sustain a
relationship or a job
 Withdrawal symptoms, such as
nausea, sweating, shakiness, and anxiety, when you stop
drinking
 Needing more alcohol to feel its effects
 Liver disease

8.  Family history of alcohol abuse.
 Having 2 or more adverse events during childhood
 Beginning to drink early, by age 16 or sooner
 Drinking more than 1 - 2 drinks per day
 Smoking cigarettes (particularly teenagers)
 Being under a lot of stress
 Having a pre-existing psychiatric disorder (such as
depression or anxiety)
 Men have higher rates of alcoholism than women
 Broken homes

9.  Physiological –Cardio
myopathy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Gastritis
, peptic ulcer , liver cirrhosis
, pancreatitis, Ca of mouth , Pharynx, liver
 Psychological – Loss of inhibition
Over talkativeness
Less self control,
suicidal tendency
 Social - family disintegration, poor work
performance, Anti social behavior,
poor interpersonal relation
 Economical - Poverty , wastage of national
wealth

11. PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY

12. Educational Approach –
Programs for children ,risk group
Electronic Media
Target group intervention
Legal Approach
Control of production and sale
Raising prices and taxes
Raising of minimum age
Ban advertisement available centers
low use of alcohol content
improve mental health and coping mech to
stress
parents to be Role Model for their children

13.  Early Diagnosis
 Adequate Treatment
 of withdrawal symptoms
 of addiction-(physiological, psychological and social)
 of complications –(depression ,anxiety ,vitamin
deficiency, cirrhosis)
 Post de-toxication counselling & Follow up
 Change in Envt.at home , college ,work place..

14.  Started in 1935-Robert Hall Brook
Smith
William Griffin Wilson
 An international fellowship of
men and women who once had a
drinking problem. It is
nonprofessional, self-
supporting, nondenominational
and apolitical

15.  A.A. members share their
experience with anyone seeking
help with a drinking problem;
they give "sponsorship" to the
alcoholic coming from any
source.
 The A.A. programme, set forth
in 12 Steps, offers the alcoholic a
way to develop a satisfying life
without alcohol.
 This programme is discussed at
A.A. group meetings.

16. It includes treatment and rehabilitation
 After care programs
 Vocational guidance
 Counseling
 Recreation.