Quiting Alcohol

[Khalasthan86]

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My friends dad want to quit alcohol and beer, and wants to become a amritdhari.

He sometimes does his nitnem, because sometimes he wakes up late.

He wants to be determined with Gurbani.

So can you post tuka from gurbani, refraining Sikhs from alcohol and beer.

And other scientific ways to refrain him from drinking alcohol.

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[hkaurP]

WJKK WJKF Veerji

ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੩ ॥ ਮਾਣਸੁ ਭਰਿਆ ਆਣਿਆ ਮਾਣਸੁ ਭਰਿਆ ਆਇ ॥

ਜਿਤੁ ਪੀਤੈ ਮਤਿ ਦੂਰਿ ਹੋਇ ਬਰਲੁ ਪਵੈ ਵਿਚਿ ਆਇ ॥ ਆਪਣਾ ਪਰਾਇਆ ਨ ਪਛਾਣਈ ਖਸਮਹੁ ਧਕੇ ਖਾਇ ॥

ਜਿਤੁ ਪੀਤੈ ਖਸਮੁ ਵਿਸਰੈ ਦਰਗਹ ਮਿਲੈ ਸਜਾਇ ॥ ਝੂਠਾ ਮਦੁ ਮੂਲਿ ਨ ਪੀਚਈ ਜੇ ਕਾ ਪਾਰਿ ਵਸਾਇ ॥

ਨਾਨਕ ਨਦਰੀ ਸਚੁ ਮਦੁ ਪਾਈਐ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੁ ਮਿਲੈ ਜਿਸੁ ਆਇ ॥ ਸਦਾ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਕੈ ਰੰਗਿ ਰਹੈ ਮਹਲੀ ਪਾਵੈ ਥਾਉ ॥੧॥

salok ma 3. maanas bhariaa aaniaa maanas bhariaa aae.

jith peethai math dhoor hoe baral pavai vich aae. aapanaa paraaeiaa n pashhaanee khasamahu dhhakae khaae.

jith peethai khasam visarai dharageh milai sajaae. jhoot(h)aa madh mool n peechee jae kaa paar vasaae.

naanak nadharee sach madh paaeeai sathigur milai jis aae. sadhaa saahib kai ra(n)g rehai mehalee paavai thhaao.(1)

Salok, Third Mehla: One person brings a full bottle, and another fills his cup. Drinking wine, his intelligence departs, and madness enters his mind; he cannot distinguish between his own and others, and he is struck down by his Lord and Master. Drinking it, he forgets his Lord and Master, and he is punished in the Court of the Lord. Do not drink the false wine at all, if it is in your power. O Nanak, the True Guru comes and meets the mortal; by His Grace, one obtains the True Wine. He shall dwell forever in the Love of the Lord Master, and obtain a seat in the Mansion of His Presence. (1)

Ang 554

ਸੁਆਦ ਲੁਭਤ ਇੰਦ੍ਰੀ ਰਸ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਓ ਮਦ ਰਸ ਲੈਤ ਬਿਕਾਰਿਓ ਰੇ ॥ ਕਰਮ ਭਾਗ ਸੰਤਨ ਸੰਗਾਨੇ ਕਾਸਟ ਲੋਹ ਉਧਾਰਿਓ ਰੇ ॥੩॥

Su▫āḏ lubẖaṯ inḏrī ras pareri▫o maḏ ras laiṯ bikāri▫o re. Karam bẖāg sanṯan sangāne kāsat loh uḏẖāri▫o re. (3)

Those who are deluded by sensual pleasures, who are tempted by sexual delights and enjoy wine are corrupt. But those who, through destiny and good karma, join the Society of the Saints, float over the ocean, like iron attached to wood.(3)

Ang 335

ਕਬੀਰ ਭਾਂਗ ਮਾਛੁਲੀ ਸੁਰਾ ਪਾਨਿ ਜੋ ਜੋ ਪ੍ਰਾਨੀ ਖਾਂਹਿ ॥ ਤੀਰਥ ਬਰਤ ਨੇਮ ਕੀਏ ਤੇ ਸਭੈ ਰਸਾਤਲਿ ਜਾਂਹਿ ॥੨੩੩॥>

kabeer bhaaNg maachhulee suraa paan jo jo paraanee khaaNhi. tirath barat naym kee-ay tay sabhai rasaatal jaaNhi. ॥233॥

Kabeer, those mortals who consume marijuana, fish and wine - no matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they follow, they will all go to hell. ॥233॥

Ang 1377

Bhull Chuk Maaf

[Curioussingh]

Hi,

I don't know enough to post tuka from gurbani, but there is something called Antabuse that you can get from your doctor. It is used to treat chronic alcoholism, and it essentially causes the person to throw up the alcohol if they drink due to a disulfiram reaction. It can also cause flushing, headache, nausea, weakness, and blurred vision even when small amounts of alcohol are consumed. This will help to link negative reactions with alcohol after drinking it rather than the positive "feel good" reaction that people get after drinking. Getting him into a structured treatment program will also be of great benefit.

There is also something called Orthomolecular Medicine. Since vitamins and minerals are involved in just about every reaction in the body, they feel adjusting the levels of them can have dramatic effects on the body. Current medical science opposes it because they say it doesn't work, but two time nobel prize winning scientist Linus Pauling believed in it. People who support it say that the physicians in the studies weren't using high enough doses of the vitamins (they megadose certain vitamins in orthomolecular medicine), and that the RDA set the daily intake level for vitamins to be too low. (Side note: do not take too much Vitamin A,K,D,or E because they can get stored in bodyfat and cause toxicity. Most other vitamins are simply urinated out if too much is taken in.)

Here is a link: http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v01n06.shtml

If you decide to take any vitamin always look up the side effect profile so you know what to expect if you are taking to much. Not to scare you, but I always believe better safe than sorry. I look up side effects before I take any medication or vitamin/mineral.

Hope things work out,

Curious Singh

PS His brain most likely physically changed due to alcohol abuse to the point where he craves it and his body needs it. It will also light up with activity when he sees places where he used to drink a lot or sees alcohol, so there will be craving on those occassions. It will take a long time for his brain to physically change back to normal, so make sure he is getting social support (Especially if he fails and needs to try again). I can't emphasize enough the importance of positive support even when he fails because most people who try to recover from alcoholism fail a number of times, so he will need encouragement to try and keep up his struggle against it. It will most likely be the biggest struggle of his life.