Tackle alcoholism among youth with the seriousness it deserves

Some youth suffer from alcohol addiction as a result of unresolved childhood traumas. [Istockphoto]

For a long time, alcohol has been demonised and those who take too much of it are considered lost and unrespectable. Alcohol is one of the most known psychoactive drugs that are classified as wines, distilled spirits and beer.

Since many of the youths are unemployed, they end up joining the desperate trail of drunkards to 'help' them forget their miseries. In villages, one cannot fail to meet a drunkard full of remorse and promising that the last drink he had would be the last. The pungent alcoholic smell out of their mouths is enough to wake one from a coma. Sunken eyes, unkempt straggly hair, dry skins, sticking-out ribs define them.