DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i05.065

Pages: 2121-2123

In many parts of the world, drinking alcoholic beverages is a common feature of social gatherings and most of the people start drinking in this type of social parties. The main areas that we aimed in our study were attitude towards alcohol, the influences of family history of alcohol use on individuals, drinking age, access to alcohol, peer pressure to consume alcohol, and also the relationships between drinking alcohol and taking drugs. To study the factors responsible for initiation and dependence of alcohol use to explore the socio-economic effects due to the alcohol use. Focus Group Discussion was carried out among the indoor patients.18 study participants were selected by purposive sampling technique. Group discussion was conducted out by moderator and notes were written by note taker. All indoor alcoholic patients who were present on the day of visit and who were consuming Alcohol for more than 3 years. The mean age of the participants was 29.76 +7.82 years. 17 were males and 1 participant was female.22.2% of participants were illiterate. 14 % of study participants have started alcohol from teenage. Friendship with the alcoholic persons and peer pressure was the leading factor for initiation. Alcohol use among young people was seen as an escape or release from problems. More support should be provided from family, friends and society. Awareness among teenagers’ about the adverse effect of alcohol dependence in the school. Counselling of high risk groups should be done in schools. Special Adolescents activities should be initiated addressing the teenagers indulging in alcohol dependence.