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Socio demographic context of the alcohol dependence among Andhra Pradesh individuals during Covid-19 lock down period

Subhashini Akurathi, Damodar Vandana, MVR Raju

Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy took oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 2019 and following up on his poll promise made an announcement to put a ban on consumption of alcohol in the state during his ―Praja Sankalpa Yatra‖. If all goes to plan, the state should be liquor free by 2024. In the first step, the AP Government has taken over retail sales, reduced the number of liquor vendors. To gradually cut 1 availability and consumption, liquor shops will stay open from 11AM to 8PM only and increased the rates of liquor. The evidences indicate that the demographic, psychological, environmental, social and economic conditions have an influence on the emergence of alcohol dependence.Pre assumed Objectives planned to find out the Frequency distributions of various social aspects of The Alcohol Dependent Subjects The study has been carried out to enumerate the alcohol dependency having an alcohol dependent person in the family is a continuous source of stress to the family. In this study the author took 300 samples of alcohol dependents. The study was carried out in urban and rural areas of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts. The samples were collected using purposive sampling method. Tools used for data collection were collected through Severity of Alcohol dependent Questionnaire (SADQ). Results shows that since last year, after the decision made by Government of Andhra Pradesh moving forward to banning alcohol step by step in the state. Families are worried whether the alcohol dependent caught by police or quarrel with someone or fall down somewhere at the road side. Most of the families became socially withdrawn because of feeling shyness that people will ask how the subject is doing.