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470 || AWSAR Awarded Popular Science Stories - 2019
A Ray of Hope for Uprooting Alcoholism from Society
Ms. Amrita Chaudhary*
Email: amritaksr@gmail.com
It was a very bright and sunny day but, as usual, very exhaustive. I reached home and thought to rest, but unfortunately, all the
work was waiting for me to be done. Why? Why did this happen? It was due to my maid. I felt very angry and called her, and it came to my knowledge that she was not well. But the actual reason was that she had been scolded very badly by her husband. She was crying due to not only physical pain but mental pain. Instead, she could not go against this domestic violence after seeing the face of her children. All these were going alternately, and the main reason behind this was ‘addiction to the drug of abuse, i.e., ALCOHOL’.
I did complete all my work and tiredly entered the bed to sleep. But my mind was
awakened, thinking of what was happening in this society. Alcohol is not only affecting the lower-class families, but the middle- and upper-class families too, are affected. Alcohol is responsible for ruining the happiness of the entire family. It causes a financial crisis in the family. Major road accidents happen due to uncontrolled drinking. According to the current reports of the World Health Organization, millions of deaths take place due to alcohol use, which is increasing every year. Moreover, children are also getting involved in this addiction and spoiling their career and future. There was a case of a high-class family, where an addicted child was moved to a rehabilitation centre. He is fighting against his own self to get rid of all, but it is not an as easy task as it sounds. Thinking of all these, I slept, but my
* Ms. Amrita Chaudhary, PhD Scholar from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Uttar Pradesh, is pursuing her research on “Molecular Study of COMT Val158Met and DRD2 Polymorphisms in Eastern Uttar Pradesh Population”. Her popular science story entitled “A Ray of Hope for Uprooting Alcoholism from Society” has been selected for AWSAR Award.