EVILS OF DRINKING

(HEALTH ≥ WEALTH)

1. In all ages in all countries liquor has ruined homes and heart.

Today the rich and the poor, the young and the old become drink

addict many young men and women together drink and dine and

dance till late night in hotels and social clubs. On pay day, mill and

factory workers are mostly seen in wine shops spending their weekly

or monthly income on liquor. We read of tragedies caused by illicit

country liquors.liquor has wrecked many homes.

2. Drink addicts neglect their families. The drunkard’s family is

steeped in misery. He comes home drunk Children are neglected. He is

not in a position to provide for the basic need of his family as

food,shelter,and clothing, education and medical aid. Wife and

Children suffer in mind and body. Young daughters of marriageable

age are often left to their fates. He might go the extent of selling his

wife and his own property to buy liquor. A heavy drunkard is a slave to

drink habit. Drunkard’s do not hesitate to commit murders. This will

lead their families in misery.

3. Drinking is social evil. It is one of the main causes of poverty in

india. The curse of drink corrupts the soul within mahatma Gandhi

suggested prohibition to root out this social evil. But the day failed in

India. The best way though not the only way is to educate the people

about the evils of drink habit.

4. Example is better than parents,parents would do well to set an

example as Gandhiji did.