Alcohol abuse breaking up marriages-NGO

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:24:11 +0000

By MARY KACHEPA

ALCOHOL abuse has contributed to a number of homes breaking up, leaving children to immense suffering, says Families and Nations country coordinator Judith Mwila.

Ms Mwila said that alcohol was an attitude problem because people chose whether to drink it or not.

“When you decide to take alcohol, you also choose whether you want it to control you or for you to control it,” she said.

She urged people to desist from excessive alcohol intake because when it leads to divorce the children suffer the most.

“Children are the ones that suffer from the bad decisions that we make as parents; it is important to have a re-think. Beer should not be priority in people’s lives because our children need to come first,” she said.

“It is unfortunate that alcohol abuse has contributed to a number of homes breaking up, leaving children to immense suffering,” she said.

Ms Mwila said it was important to counsel people on the effects of excessive drinking especially before marriage.

She said it was wrong for men to use alcohol as a conduit to divorce their wives.

She said divorce should not always be the solution and parents should ensure that they talked about the effects of alcohol especially to young couples.