Table 2:

Words Used to Describe Unhealthy Alcohol Users

	Perceptions
Gender of Unhealthy Alcohol User		Men Respondents	Women Respondents
	Men Users	❖ Cannot be involved in activities or any decision-making process in the community ❖ Irresponsible to cater family or social needs ❖ Incapable of delivering anything in the family	❖ Stigmatizing their families ❖ No real contribution in the family ❖ Don’t respect themselves or their wives ❖ They have despised their families and gave alcohol a first priority ❖ Burden to his family
		❖ Immature ❖ Hopeless ❖ They have no points ❖ Bullied by the community	❖ Silly drunkard people who cannot make decisions ❖ Despised ❖ Lacks discipline ❖ No self-control ❖ Reckless ❖ Cause fights ❖ Society does not trust them with the works ❖ Not...constructive ❖ Segregated from making important decisions in the community ❖ Fellow men will not exclude him ❖ Strong ❖ Complete manhood
	Women Users	❖ Irresponsible mothers ❖ Disgusting! ❖ She can’t control herself ❖ Not well-mannered ❖ Disrespected ❖ Irresponsible ❖ They are after men ❖ She can be manipulated by other people, especially men ❖ Sex-workers	❖ [Men] cannot marry a woman who drinks alcohol ❖ Not wife material ❖ Will never marry ❖ Spends a lot [of money] ❖ They will not take her seriously ❖ Ineffective ❖ Highly contemptible ❖ Not raised properly ❖ Careless people ❖ Not right at all ❖ Bad-mannered ❖ Not respectable ❖ Hopeless ❖ Irresponsible ❖ Disturbed ❖ People who like conflicts ❖ Bad spoken ❖ Despised ❖ Hated ❖ Hoe ❖ Prostitutes