Women as Victim of Alcoholism Engelska 2008

Not many studies are conducted on how women are affected when men become alcoholics. Alcoholism of men becomes the reason and very often the excuse fore oppressing women. Not many activists of women's organizations have realized this, and if at all they have realized, not much has been done, except in some stray cases. No doubt, alcoholism has its negative impact on the family life of an addict. It is a 'disease' that has the whole family as victim. It causes financial drain and is responsible for marital disharmony: An alcoholic fails to attend to the present needs of the family like healthcare and education of children. This book makes an extensive study of the problem of alcoholism. It introduces the global scenario and the problems and evils connected with alcoholism sequentially presented in nine chapters. It shows how women can be affected when she herself may not be an alcoholic. This book will certainly create awareness among the public on the need to flight the evils of alcoholism. About Author : Dr. J Dinakarlal THavamony is teaching English in Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. He has Masters Degrees in English Literature (University of Kerala) and Journalism and Mass Communication (Madurai Kamaraj University), M Phil (Madurai Kamaraj University) and PhD (Alagappa University). He is actively involved in the fight against alcoholism and has extensively studied the problem of addiction in campuses. He has visited several organizations involved in the fight against substance abuse, rehabilitation centres, half-way homes and shelters for alcoholics in Britain, Netherlands, Canada, USA, Singapore, etc. Many of his articles on alcoholism, drug addiction, AIDS and Tobacco are published in journals and magazines in India and abroad. He is a Consultant to All India Association for Christian Higher Education in their programme ADAT (Alcohol, Drugs, AIDS and Tobacco). He has visited many scholars