Drinking Problem

As many Singaporeans might know there is a common stigma surrounding Indians as they are heavy drinkers. When I look at my father’s generation, men who are now in the 40’s and 50’s they were the only ones drinking in the family. This was happening in the last 20 years. Almost all Singaporean Indian man had a drinking problem. That easily led to family problems. Getting drunk and hitting the wife and getting into trouble when in drunk.

That was then, but now we have a new problem, we have quite a number of Indian women drinking. Please note that 20 years ago, to see women drinking is quite unlikely. I know you might say that women from other races also drink, but my idea of this blog is only to discuss problems surrounding Indians. Whether or not other races drink or not does not change anything. Generally Indian girls aging 16 and above, once they have left secondary school they are now developing a new culture of clubbing. The dance and the boos are more attractive to them. It is now a hobby now.

I told you that 20 years ago generally it was just the Indian men who have the drinking problem. Now we have couples who drink. It all starts with trying it out, then drinking to relief stress, and then it becomes a weekly thing. Then viola it becomes part of the Indian life.

With the men of the family drinking, it caused broken families, children going astray. In the next generation, it’s going to be 2 adults in the family with the drinking problem. What will be the outcome? We can only wait and see.