Dear Aamir, The episode again was incredibly presented. I must say lot of people work towards the formation of a better society but you have been brilliant in explaining every fact of life. This is very important that people understand that consuming alcohol is not just dangerous but also a menace to oneself and the family. I being in my late twenties have noticed that now almost everyone around me loves the passion of consuming alcohol. when I was at my teens, the only person around me who used to consume alcohol was my father. I used to feel ashamed when people around me used to take names for him. My dad is a regular drinker and he used to be the only drinker in our family. Many a times he has brought embarrassment to me and my family. I know my childhood was in a very bad shape as we always feared of my dad’s arrival from work. We always thought God what will he do today. He used to abuse me, my mother, my grandparents and everyone around. I used to feel ashamed when we used to go out with him. People used to ignore him and us. But now when I am married and I see people around me. Almost everyone loves to drink. My husband, his brothers, his sisters, kids, my friends, my bosses, my sister, my cousins everyone enjoys drinking alcohol. It’s not that I have never took this practise, but just to give company to my husband as he felt my not drinking is not considered an “in thing” by the society and that I am a bore person. I simply hate drinking and do not enjoy even a drop of it. But am sure we can’t stop it even. I know if I couldn’t stop my father I can’t even stop my husband too. I always fear one day my daughter who is just 6 will start drinking too.   Aakriti

Hi Aamir ji, I am Sreejata from UK, originally from Mumbai. The issue of alcoholism is such a crucial issue which is the major cause of all the big and major problems in our society. If we have a closer look at the picture, then majority of the domestic violence and sexual abuses are caused by men who are drunk. It kills human beings slowly as well as immediately. Such was a story of my best friend in college on 31st December night when he was extremely drunk and was driving 2-wheeler with his friend. They met with a disastrous accident which took him away from me. From that day onwards, I have a complete hatred towards drinking. The reason why he went into drinking was his failure in examination. So we see that one of the major reasons why people drink is to forget their problems in life for sometime which indicates that psychological weakness of human beings is one of the major cause why people get into drinking habbits. Another incident in my life was when one of my collegemate was dragged by the pune bus driven by a drunk driver and that driver's mistake took my friend's life forever from me which till date i have never been able to forget because it happened in front of my eyes. I would spread this message that drink only if you can control and be within limits.Live and Let live.Thank you Aamir ji for bringing such a delicate issue into limelight. Satyamev Jayate!

I hope this helps but there is something i would like to share that mights surprise most of you Hi, My name is Gunjesh, belong to a village in Bihar. Saw this episode by Aamir Khan"" Satyamev Jayate"" on Liquor. This is a big problem specially in villages as people have started selling local alcohol as they do not have license and most of the youngsters have been indulge and no other bisuness can match as of now then Liquor. I am not writing this in frustration as whatever need to happen has happened to my family and nothing worser can happen.My elder brother, younger brother and sister they are all indulged into Liqour. My father being well educated has retired as a Deputy Superintendent of Police. He has done what he could to get them straight and get them back but in vein. Now things are way out of hand because you cannot even let them go out as post drinking they could anything and availability of Alcohol is ample as cheap as it is available at a Pan shop for a bare minimum amount of 10 rupees. Tough to get the Alcohol away or out of reach in the place. I have a small questions? I being someone working outside at Kolkata as a Training Manager and just visit the village for not more then 10 days know about the unauthorized sale of liquor then what is Police department doing? My father must be ashamed of being associated as a Sr Office in the department for sure not at present. Bad that we talk about saving the younger generation but no action. Today it is me as an Engineer and my Father as a DSP, tommorow it might be the same police officer who is not bothered and is ok with the small amount he is getting to ignore their unauthorized liquor sale. For practical evidence please visit the below village and regretfully its my village. Village & Post Dullhapur, Bihar I hope someone understands this and takes action to ensure something changes there. Regards, Gunjesh Singh 9804809864

hi, I am a 34 year old Indian citizen and am based in Mumbai. I am a voice over professional of repute in the broadcast media space and have a wide range of experience in the Voicing industry. The shows I have lend my Voice include BIGG BOSS; Dance India Dance; Saregamapa; Amul chote ustaad etc(I have attached a copy of my profile which has the list of my Voicing work). I have also been associated with star; colors;Imagine;Sahara One etc, lending my voice for their promos. I have been watching your show very regularly and got inspired to share my experience because your programme showcases a lot of people who have fought various adversities in life and have come out victorious. I got inspired to share my own experience in your show. I hail from kanpur and have been born and brought up there. I did my MBA from Banaras hindu university and started my career with Jaypee Cement. I always wanted to join the defence services and it was a childhood dream. unfortunately despite my repeated attempts I could not clear the services selection board(SSB) which is a 5 day psychometric test for inducting officers in the army. I failed not once or twice but 8 times in a span of 3 years. Somewhere I lacked the maturity to take that rejection and took to alcohol. And before I could realise, I had become an Alcoholic at the age of 24. All this happened very quickly, I started having alcohol at the age of 20 and by 24 I was addicted. Although I was lucky that despite my alcoholism I appeared for CAT and got decent percentile to be inducted to an MBA programme when i was 24. During the 2 years in BHU the alcohol consumption went from BAD to WORSE, but I managed to pass out with 60% marks and was one of the eight students out of a batch of 120 to have got Campus placement. But my alcoholism had taken a disastrous proportion by then. Despite doing all right I had 2 frustrations, One was not being able to join the army and second was not being able to do anything for my parents. My family was my biggest strength but financially we were very weak. My father's business went broke when we were very small and since then it was always an uphill task to even meet ends. In spite of the adversities my parents ensured best education during school days and always stood by me. The feeling of letting them down hunted me all the time but alcohol had got so deep into me that I just couldn't stay away from it. My first job became an even bigger curse, as I was managing Cement sales in Madhya pradesh and was looking after sales in districts where even basic survival was a challenge. I was based in a small town called Satna. At that time I became so addicted that I couldn't stay without alcohol for even an hour. I was playing with my health and finally disaster struck. On the night of 29th I drank a lot, woke up on 30th with pain in my stomach. I drank again thinking that the pain would go, but it didn't. I left office in the afternoon and by the time I came back home the pain was excruciating. I couldn't sit, stand or do anything. I was admitted to the local hospital where the doctor suspected that I had developed "ACUTE PANCREATITIS"(An alcohol related ailment which has 80% mortality). The next 2 days were the worst or so I thought, but the worse was about to come. My parents were called and on the 3rd day I was referred to "Sanjay Gandhi post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences(SGPGI)" in Lucknow. After that began a 30 days struggle for my life, but 30 days which not only changed my life but gave birth to a new me. the doctors at SGPGI declared that i was suffering from "SEVERE ACUTE PANCREATITIS WITH RENAL FAILURE' and most of my vital organs had failed including my kidney and liver while my lungs were fast losing functioning. They said that the hope was bleak and the treatment costly, and asked my mom if she wanted them to start treatment. My mother, even under those circumstances, held her own and admonished the doctors for even asking such a thing. My treatment was started immediately. Then began the most painful 20 days of my life where I underwent 3 dialysis, was on life support system and could not sleep even a wink for those 20 days, nor had water except fewdrops. Miraculously my kidneys started showing signs of functioning on the 20th day and my viital organs started showing signs of improvement. That was the first step to normalcy. I was discharged after 40 days in the ICCU(intensive Critical care unit) and it took another 3 months of extreme care and rest for me to get back to normal. But life after that has changed 360 degree. I soon quit my cement job as was selected to work for a company under Ministry of Steel and was posted to Mumbai. My first accommodation in Mumbai was a 2 BHK flat at Pali hill. After working for a year and a half with the Govt owned company I quit and joined BIG FM in the revenue team. By that time I had started working on Voice as an alternate career. the 3 years in BIG FM was a life changing experience for me becasue not only did they train me in my passion but also encouraged me in whatever way they could, including giving me a Sunday afternoon show. I had now found my bearing and now wanted to do Voicing full time as a freelancer but was somehow scared to take the final plunge. My engagement to my wife geetanjali changed that. She pushed me to pursue my passion and take the plunge and finally in March 2009 I took up voicing as a career and quit my well paying job. It has been a great journey ever since. It has been 6 years since I was hospitalised, but the disaster did for me what no one else could do for me. It changed me as a person completely. I have not touched alcohol in 6 years and whenever I see someone moving towards extreme I try and narrate my experience. My attitude to life has changed and today I am a man who can stand in the path of any adversity and take it head on without showing any signs of stress. Life is too beautiful to be wasted on stresses and substance abuse. If my story can motivate even a single person to give up alcohol,would think that my job has been done. Thanks and Regards,

Great Episode. Congratulations Aamir for highlighting all these issues. I am a social drinker but sometimes do drive after 1 or 2 drinks. After watching today’s episode I have made a commitment that will never driver after drinking. I have realised that even a small amount of liquor can have an impact on your ability to drive. Keep up the great work Saurabh Birmingham, UK

Dear Aamir, Firstly I would like express the Gratitude and would like to thank you for Doing Satyamev jayate and Hats off to u. The topic covered today Alchohol Abuse is the Need of the Hour. I am 32 years and satying in Pune. Like all Youngsters I too Started Socially Drinking in College and mostly on weekends and that too Beer or Wine. Now its been more tha 03 Years I have Quit Drinking, (though Drink Probaly Once a Year when on a Holiday but just a Glass of Wine) and I feel Great not because I am addicted but because I am setting Right Examples for My Younger Brother, Sister and Friends. Initially My Friends started Pushing me a lot, chal yaar 01 Beer or 'Dosti ka Waada and all that Crap, but I never ever changed my decision and I never Fell out of Place. It happened for around 03 Months or so, but thereafter they realized and Stopped Offering me. We still go out Twice a week, have House Parties, go clubbing but I Enjoy the Most because I dont drink, and I am always in my senses, Drive Back safe and I still tell my Friends I Dont need to take Spirit, to be in High Spirits, I am always on Top of the World. Just Imagine, What Example will we Set on our Kids if we too Drink, as in this Fast pace World we are Running towards all Materialistic things and the Future Generation will be Surrounded by all the Wrong Things. U need to Set Example for Your Kids, and Younger generation. and for Doing so You Need to Change. One can Start with a "Will Drive" for Not touching Alcohol and see for many days, months and Years you can continue and Once Stopped then you Really dont Feel like touching it. Regards Neerav

Hi Aamir ji i am great fan of ur new show Satyamev Jayate and i really inspired of what ur doing i wish that what u r doing be getting a good result. Today i am telling u my story about Alcohol abuse. I am living in Australia from last 4 years i came as a student my first year in Australia was very nice i don't drink on that time but after time goes by i start drinking little bit but after two years i start drinking more and more and i always try to not drink but almost everyday i start drinking and as i told u before i watch ur all the episode and when i watch ur last episode about Alcohol abuse then i realize what i am doing to myself and if something going to happen to me what about my parents and my family from yesterday i decide that i am not going to drink anymore thanks for what u r doing and i hope this show will go on and on and i wish u very best of luck and thanks once again.

i had a regular drunker of about 2 year.Before that i faced accident for 7 times in bike due to alcohol. I am a good biker, never fall in accident in normal(without alcohol).then i leave this habit. but i have left alcohol for 1 month. Now i feel good, After this episode of satyameva definitely it will helpful to me.

Hi Aamir sir, How are you ? I am a big fan of Satymev Jayate and trust me after watching each episodes, I can't sleep Sunday nights well. I relate myself with some of the episodes and my life stories too, I wanted to write on your wall but never had courage. May be I will not be able to write what I am feeling. I don't have write words. Today when I saw drunk and drive means Alcohol related episode, I couldn't stop myself to write a note here. I have so much to share but may be I am not ready, but 20 years back in 1992 my Dad was drunk and he drove from his office to home...He was riding his scooter and he had an accident, we don't know till now, how he met with that accident, he was so injured, he hit his head badly with something, his brain was damaged and he wasn't hospitalized and operated but doctors on time, because of police case and then after weekend off by Doctors. He was seriously badly injured on Saturday evening and Doctors checked and operated him on Monday Morning. In the mean time he went in COMA and then after a week he passed away. When He was alive my family were living life with silver spoon and the day he passed away....he left me, my mom and my sister in hell. We went thru financial crisis, family problems....so much pain........small example....to change printing mistakes in his death certificate I paid Money.....I was just 14 years old....but still persons asked bribes to change his name mistake done by them. That was one of the incidence. I have so many to share. My sister who was 19 years old that time, when My Dad was alive, she was getting proposals of good, wealthy boys, suddenly started getting non response cause my Dad left nothing for us.... CUASE WAS ALCOHOL. I remembered when I wasn't even born....my family was living one of the rich Mahim Bombay area, was having the first Television in entire area, and Dad was having luxuries car. His Alcohol habit made him to choose wrong paths and after his death...in 1998 in Gujarat.....I was the last family among my entire area and group who wasn't even had a phone at home. I was bullied by my college friends that I am a poor girl coming from poor family. His Alcohol habit snatched everything from my mom.....he is died today but he left sorrow and bad memories.......Today me and my sister are well settled on our own....we are taking care of my mother, father's family is not talking to us.....Mother's family are little bit emotionally supportive to mom, but not to me and my sister. Everyone is praying He should get peace and I always pray he shouldn't get peace, his AATMA should be around us and specially around my mom....he should realize what his habit has done to us. I love Mr. Javed Akhtar's poem sung by Late Shri. Jagjit singh MUZAKO YAKIN HAI SACH KAHETI THI JO BHI AMMI KAHETI THI.... The way me and my sister had a life with my alive father and after his death....I feel that song is written just for us. All the lines are on our life. What to say.....?!!!!!!! what alcohol gave to our family....hard life in teen age???!!!!!! Hell life and alone life to my mom in young life, she was just 42 at that time. My father had everything, this habit was just fun for him.....!!!!!! He never been thru hard life but his habit made our life hell. He never thought about his wife and kids... ! This habit was always an excuse for him to drink....called made up problems. My friends says, His death and problems has made me a rock....but my heart knows HOW COME...THRU SO FAR WITH THE PAIN IN HEART, Life is not easy for girls in India with out father, money and family support. I am out of India right now....may be one day system will change. But I don't want any father to wait for system or someone to change him. He has to understand his duties the moment he became a father or a mother. How can a father become so drunk and how come he enjoys his bad habit? Today he is no more......but he left 3 more people after him, who is still alive.....We came so far without help and today we are well settled but THE JOURNEY WASN'T SO EASY. Drinking habit can just kill......not only you but your family and love ones too.

I and my parents have had a close encounter with alcohol abuse. My father has never even touched alcohol, yet the reason for one big tragedy in our life was alcohol. On a quiet day, papa was on his way to office on a bike, he saw in the rearview mirror that another man in a scooter was coming towards him at great speed. By instinct papa stopped the bike to the extreme left of the road and stood quietly so as to let the man pass. Before he could realize it, the man had already collided with him. He fell to the right, badly injuring his right hand and eye in the process. He lay there, bleeding. By God’s grace, a man took him to the hospital and informed my mother. After reaching the hospital, my mother got to know that the orbit bones in my father’s right eye were completely broken; had he not been brought to the hospital in time, he would have lost the eye, or his life. The man responsible for the accident was heavily drunk, and sustained no injuries. Today, nine years later, everything’s fine. Papa has slight problems in the injured eye; he can’t stay up late and has to go for frequent checkups. Our life is as happy and prosperous as it can get, but I shudder at the thought that things could have been much worse. I was only twelve at that time, I cried the whole day, in pain and anguish. We got to know few months back that the man passed away, apparently because of alcohol. After hearing this, my parents withdrew the case they had filed; because our fight was never against that man, it was against the act he had committed.

I've been watching your show since it's started. The topics are all great and I do hope you keep up the good work. I was watching your show on Alcohol and it's true that alcohol does ruin everyone's life. My father and brother both drink and I tried to stop them but it's doesn't work. And also I've seen with my own eyes how alcohol ruins the family. My cousin who was an engineer and had a drinking problem. He would wake up in the morning and start drinking and I told him one day that you're going to die like this and he said it does not matter. A few years later doctors told him that his sugar levels were really high and he had to stop drinking but he still didn't and then he had a major stroke which made half of his body stop working. A few years later when he got better he started at it again and this time the stroke was the worst. He couldn't walk and speak anymore we didn't understand a word he was saying. His wife would take care of him every morning and put him in a wheelchair. He would be cranky and fight with everybody. Even his kids despised him. A few months later he passed away leaving two beautiful kids that are yet to be married off. But now his son's taken up his path and we try stopping him too but it's not helping he's still young and I do hope he realizes what he's doing is wrong. It hurts to see when your own family members are affected by this. I felt so sad for Curran's dad when he was telling the story of his son. I went through the same with my father when he's drinking he wants to drive and I told him that he's not going too but they don't listen and on top of that they want to take my kids along. I've had a huge argument with my father one day telling him if he ever takes my kids when he's drunk I'm going to be the first one to kill him. One day we're coming back from a fair and my father was drunk and he started arguing with me that he going to drive. I got out of the car and told him that I'm not going with him and told my kids that we'll rather go on the bus. But my father didn't listen to me and took the car away drunk. Thankfully, he's made it home without any incident. But there's been a few times that he's hit other cars and come home and sleep. While the cops would come behind him and hand him a ticket while he's in bed. I've told my father that one day you're going to kill someone and I'm not going to help him at all. I think that alcohol is very bad. I do enjoy going out but I don't drink and have more fun sober than my family while they're drinking. I enjoy watching your shows and please do keep up the good work. Even the episode on farming. That really made me scared about eating the food in India now and even the food that comes from India that would also have the pesticide in it. I'm going to have the food agency in Canada check the food that are being imported from India because I don't want my kids eating something that's going to kill them or hurt them down the road.

The horrors of alcohol - and how you die as a result of alcholism Aamir, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on the eye-opening topics that you have raised in Satyamev Jayate. I live in London, UK and lost my father to liver cirrhosis. This happened as a result of prolonged excessive drinking for many years. My dad was only 57 years old. We failed to realise that he was suffering from a disease and that he needed help. It's heart breaking when I think of how much time we spent fighting with him rather than get him the help he so badly needed. Your programme has highlighted this point so clearly, so well done for that. However, I feel you missed out a major point which would have stood out as a stark deterrent. And this is the end of people who do not stop drinking. When my dad was alive, we simply knew that when alcohol is abused continuously, one's liver fails. What we did not know were the awful effects of this happening. My father was a very loving and caring person. He knew he was suffering from liver cirrhosis, which is pretty much a terminal disease. So he knew his days were numbered, but did not tell us for his own reasons. My guess is that he did not want to see us mourn him before he actually died. However, we were very rudely introduced to his disease when he had an attack - what I call a mental attack. Doctors call it hepatic encephalopathy. Basically the liver cannot perform one of its functions, which is to remove toxins from the blood and these travel to the brain. I witnessed my very sane father slowly deteriorate, not understanding speech to having a full blown attack, where he was verbally abusive and totally out of his senses. To me, it looked like he had been possessed. This was very painful to watch and to this day, I cannot forget what alcohol had finally reduced my dad to. I kept thinking, if only people could see what happens to alcoholics, they would think twice about drinking. My father eventually died a month later. He went through nearly all the symptoms of this disease. He had jaundice (which is common), suffered from ascites - build up of fluid in the abdomen and he eventually bled out from all orifices. This was TERRIBLE to watch. And once again, I thought, I wish people could see this. It was a horrible end to such a beautiful life. My request to you would be to bring this point out to people. The end of alcohol is not just depicted by things like accidents. What the person goes through physically is absolutely shattering. The way people see burnt lungs on packets of cigarettes, you could show the difference between a healthy and diseased liver and outline these horrible symptoms. I watched your whole show with a pounding heart and not a dry eye. I admire what you have done and wish you all the best. My prayers are that people take note of what you highlight and do something to change. I sincerely hope you are able to take what I have said on board. All the best. Regards Jaspreet (35 years old daughter of a father who left us too soon)

HI, My name is Geetanjali currently in residing in Melbourne for past 8 years.Earlier I lived in Chandigarh . My father was alcoholic same as any other alcoholic my mother was teacher who took all the responsibility of whole family me my brother and of course my father .whole life she struggled to give us better life and good education. I was elder daughter and brother was 2 years younger than me. He was such an intelligent,obedient and such a nice person that I put in words. Me and mother we worked to make him Engineer .I was earning at the age 16 by giving tutions and studying correspondence so we can survive and study. I got married at the age of 21 (as I want to get out of that home with daily alcohol abuse). But my brother he feels so lovely without me .Luckily I was local so we mostly meet daily. The after is Engineer he wants to go aboard for further studies ( on student loan as my mother was in Govt job) and he also want me too go with him for studies .His flight was on 3rd march 2004 to Melbourne. his visa came on 6th Feb , happiest day of my and his life .He started doing shopping daily and also started my documents for visa. On 20th Feb while he picked Mum from job both were going to home on scooter they met with an accident with car and dies on spot. The car was driven by young boy who was totally drunk. I suppose nothing happened with that boy who killed my mother and brother. But I lost my family.My father was already an alcoholic also died after 4 yrs in 2008 due to kidney failure. I am the only one left. I think I can't explain my pain in words. But watching today's show with Karan story made me remember all the pain which I went through and still going through that pain. The impact was on me that I couldn't get pregnant in 10 years of my married life as hormonal imbalance.But with God's grace I feel luck that I got such a nice husband and with his support I got two twins girls in last December. I really wish Indian Govt should make strong steps against the Drink driving as like other western countries so that the we can't lose more Karan and Mainsh (my brother) any more. Thanks

I was hit by a drunk driver on a highway near Bloomington, Indiana in November 1991. It was a head on collision at dusk when this driver crossed the median and hit me. This driver had his alcohol level at .291 which was more than 3 times the legal limit at the time by Indiana law. His profession was petty thief and he did not carry insurance. He had prior drunk driving conviction. Luckily for the rest of us, he went into a coma (not wearing seat belt) and died three months later. There were five persons in my car. I was driving and fractured both ankles. Till date, my ankles hurt when I mow my yard. My wife got deep gashes on her forehead that have left their mark. My sister in law flew between front seats and broke her pelvis. Her husband broke a rib when the seat belt pressed against his chest. Their 15-month old child was in the child seat and was unharmed. I disagree with you that occasional drinkers cause accidents. I may take a drink when I have a party at home but my limit is one drink at home and zero drink when I have to drive. I do resent the fact that I see a number of people getting drunk at parties, here in the USA. And mind you, when I go to these parties, most of the people on the table have at least a Masters' degree and probably more than half have a Ph.D. None of them are going to admit that they are addicted to alcohol. These are all very well-to-do people, are very well-educated, and still lose control when they drink. I just wish that people control themselves when they start to ""enjoy"" alcohol. As a victim of drunk driving, I certainly support tough laws against drunk driving in every country. I wish you had asked your audience opinion at the end of the show just like you had asked at the beginning whether they drink. I'll like to see how many in the audience resolved that they will give up alcohol.

After watching the above episode I got so emotional that I felt I had to share my story too. I got married at a very young age and he turned out to be an alcoholic. I got pregnant within months and ended up in the hospital with a nervous breakdown. Was given multiple electric shocks and many medications during pregnancy. My son when born was thankfully normal and healthy. After 15 years of torture, attempts at my life, multiple broken bones, a second pregnancy during which I was strangled many times and starved, this marriage finally ended when I could not endure any more as my back was so badly damaged that I could not even walk. I had come from a very well educated and affluent well known family but who had all emigrated to another country after the demise of our father. I was kicked out of the house and my children were taken away from me by the grandparents. I had to leave the country in a dire state. My son died after a few months and I was not even informed of this. A friend called to say that she had attended the funeral and I was told that he had died in his sleep. Needless to say I was devastated. I went back to school after having emigrated to the country where the rest of my family was, remarried to a very nice man, had a son who is now going to be a doctor soon. I became a dietician and now am helping thousands of people improve their life and health. there is always hope for women like me and I believe that being positive helps. I am very grateful to God - higher power for giving me another chance in life - perhaps I have a role to play in his bigger plan!