• Dr.P.USHA
• Prof.S.SUMITRA

Thousands of families are ruined by alcoholism especially the poor who are slum dwellers. The opening of liquor shops in every nook and corner has increased the problem of alcoholism. In the last decade of the twentieth century, women’s organizations in the country launched their movements to fight against alcohol consumption. They led a number of struggles to pressure the government to introduce total prohibition. Whereas in the beginning of the twenty first century many belt shops spread everywhere especially adjacent to the urban slums and made it easy availability and directly responsible for the ill health of alcoholics and increased the scope for domestic violence which in turn caused broken families. Hence there is a need to focus on the impact of alcohol consumption on families in general and individuals in particular. The present study discusses the problem of alcoholism in this direction.

Alcoholism ,Slum dwellers,domestic violence, ill health

"ALCOHOLISM:AN ABSOLUTE NEPOTISM ON ANCENTRY- A Study of Slum dwellers in Visakhapatnam city of Andhra Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.433-437, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807963.pdf

"ALCOHOLISM:AN ABSOLUTE NEPOTISM ON ANCENTRY- A Study of Slum dwellers in Visakhapatnam city of Andhra Pradesh", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp433-437, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807963.pdf