Association of alcoholics with depression has been studied mostly in Western world. However, very few has attempted to find out the causality of the association. This study was planned to see if there was any relationship between Korean alcoholic inpatients and depression, and to see whether some of personal, family characteristics and drinking pattern variables were associated with their depression status. For this study, 60 alcoholic inpatients in 5 hospitals in Kyonggi-province area were studied with Beck`s Depression Inventory and structured questionnaire on general and drinking pattern variables of the study subjects. Major findings from this study are as follows : 1. The majority(91.7%) of study subjects were in the age group of 30 years over, and more in the age group of 30 years over, and more than half of them were in the lower socio-economic status in terms of occupation and educational level. 85% of the study subjects were from large family with 4 or more siblings. Half of the study subjects were 3rd and later in their birth orders. 2. Those who were first admitted to the mental hospital due to alcohol drinking in their 30s were 41.7%, and those who were first admitted in their teen were 16.7%. 45.0% of the study subjects had been admitted to the hospital for more than 3 times. Major motivation of drinking was social relationship(54.3%) and 50.0% of the subjects were drinking at any time they wanted. 56.6% of the study subjects were choosing alcohol when they felt sad or depressed, and 65.0% of the subjects had heavy drinking fathers. 3. No personal or family characteristics were significantly associated with the depression scores of the study subjects. 4. The relationship between frequency of drinking and the depression score was statistically significant. 5. In multiple regression analysis, age and the frequency of drinking were significantly associated with depression scores, and the explanatory power of depression scores by 11 personal, family and drinking pattern variables was 26%(R2=0.26).