Residents say that alcohol is a serious problem in the community of snake park.

Bongani Dladla

by Bongani Dhlahla

The irresponsible use of alcohol is a serious issue worldwide, and alcohol must be used during celebration moments like birthdays or weddings, special occasions, because nowadays people celebrate every day, and some people consume alcohol more than they consume water.

Nowadays people use alcohol as a solution to every problem and alcohol has seriously affected the community of snake park as it’s for sale to a person who is under 18 and this is very bad to the community as it can lead to drop-out at school and lead to crime and teenage pregnancy and also increases unemployment this issue also affects the schools as it can affect the matriculants passing rate and drop-out.

Alcohol and alcoholism can lead to serious organ damage and memory problems. Sometimes people drink because they feel that they must try to forget or escape from their lives and forget their troubles or drown their sorrows.

The owner of the tavern, who decided to remain anonymous, said in the past he was able to keep underage children away from his tavern, but this would not work today because nobody can spend much on alcohol as school kids.

He also said that he did tried to convince his everyday customers as they were getting in heavy debts that they should try to reduce the way they drink alcohol and that truly cost his business because some of the customer started being distance and they moved to other liquor stores and that caused him to lose costumers because he was trying to convince them about the danger of alcohol.

Alcoholism and alcohol abuse affect the community of Snake Park as a whole; some they lost their jobs because of alcohol.