My name is Rohini and I am from Kirinda. We recently had our daughter’s ceremony for attaining age. In our village, it is considered a village custom to serve alcohol at functions or ceremonies of any sort. Alcohol was served at almost all the functions and ceremonies that were held previously. During the organizing phase of our function, my husband and son suggested that we should serve alcohol as they were planning on inviting people from their workplaces. I knew …
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Victor is a father of three children from the village of Ipillawatta which belongs to the Divisional Secretariat of Thambuttegama. He is a carpenter by profession and was a daily consumer of alcohol for around 15 years. He used to spend around Rs 700 for his alcohol needs daily from his income of Rs 1200., Victor tends to behave violently under the influence of alcohol. There were some instances where Victor had physically attacked his wife which had frightened the …
My name is Padma Sriyani. I am from the village of Beragama. Dates were finalized for our daughter’s wedding and very soon we were fully engaged in organizing the ceremony. We planned everything from its venue to food and choosing good photographers. Most people who were involved in organising the wedding insisted that alcohol should be served. I was totally against this idea. If we did serve alcohol, we would be giving a false idea to our children that alcohol …
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