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In Indian social phenomenon, role of alcohol in domestic violence is one of the trending and debating issues. The researcher has tried to find out the link between the two variables i.e. alcoholism and domestic violence or intimate partner violence. Further, the researcher examines the social cost of the alcoholism in the state of West Bengal. In the writing of the report views of the 39 women regarding the alcoholism has been taken and analyzed in details. Researcher has received very interesting data and surprising results while examining and analyzing it. The study has revealed that still in Indian society nearly 50 percent women consider alcohol consumption as a social stigma. Further, 31% of women experiences behavioural changes in their partners while they consumed alcohol. Interestingly, about 80% women in India consider alcoholism as responsible for increasing domestic violence in society and 62% consider it responsible for other women-related violence. Moreover, the question was asked on the possibility of a state ban on alcoholism in West Bengal. On this 77% of women opined that the state government should prohibit it.