In your locality, if a person is addicted to alcohol, what kind of behavioural changes do you observe in that person? Suggest measures to over come the problem.

Explanation

(i) Behavioural changes observed in an alcoholic:
(a) Reckless behaviour, vandalism and violence.
(b) Drop in academic performance and unexplained absenteeism in the students.
(c) Lack of interest in personal hygiene and abnormal changes in sleeping and feeding habits.
(d) Increased traffic offenses.
(ii) Measures to overcome the problem:
Dealcoholism of the alcoholic involves:
(a) Detoxification involves treatment of alcohol withdrawal symptoms by certain drugs like benzodiazepines (e.g. Diazepam).
(b) Treatmentofalcohol dependencyby aversion therapy (by vomiting stimulating drugs) or psychotherapy (by proper education and counselling) or by using alcohol sensitizing drugs which act as antioxidants.