Sikh support for quitting alcohol

[Guest Seeking Peace]

Hi I am 35 and have been trying to stop binge drinking ever since I got married. Alcohol is killing my soul, my marriage and my family. I want to find my faith in God again.....does anyone know of any Sikh groups or organisations in West London set upto help those of us who want to be freed from our alcohol abuse.

[Jangal Da]

I quit - here's how. I was not the binging type (not since my student days many years ago) but enjoyed my evening peg regularly.

I wanted to read Gurbani from my Gutka which had for a long time remained on a shelf in my study wrapped in a cloth. But on days when alcohol had been in my system (or was going to be later that day) I just felt too ashamed to even look at it, let alone want to handle and read the sacred bani. Day by day my longing grew and then I started to read. Soon I developed a regular nitnem and at that point I realised that the True Elixir that Guruji had placed before me replaced the false elixir of sharab. I had stopped and it had been a while - I never missed it.

When I was with family, it felt good to say - "not one for me - I don't drink.' It was liberating. Some people really got touched when I explained why.

[Singh559]

I quit - here's how. I was not the binging type (not since my student days many years ago) but enjoyed my evening peg regularly.

I wanted to read Gurbani from my Gutka which had for a long time remained on a shelf in my study wrapped in a cloth. But on days when alcohol had been in my system (or was going to be later that day) I just felt too ashamed to even look at it, let alone want to handle and read the sacred bani. Day by day my longing grew and then I started to read. Soon I developed a regular nitnem and at that point I realised that the True Elixir that Guruji had placed before me replaced the false elixir of sharab. I had stopped and it had been a while - I never missed it.

When I was with family, it felt good to say - "not one for me - I don't drink.' It was liberating. Some people really got touched when I explained why.

Beautiful!

[Guest]

I quit - here's how. I was not the binging type (not since my student days many years ago) but enjoyed my evening peg regularly.

I wanted to read Gurbani from my Gutka which had for a long time remained on a shelf in my study wrapped in a cloth. But on days when alcohol had been in my system (or was going to be later that day) I just felt too ashamed to even look at it, let alone want to handle and read the sacred bani. Day by day my longing grew and then I started to read. Soon I developed a regular nitnem and at that point I realised that the True Elixir that Guruji had placed before me replaced the false elixir of sharab. I had stopped and it had been a while - I never missed it.

When I was with family, it felt good to say - "not one for me - I don't drink.' It was liberating. Some people really got touched when I explained why.

Akaal!

[VanHelsingh]

I quit - here's how. I was not the binging type (not since my student days many years ago) but enjoyed my evening peg regularly.

I wanted to read Gurbani from my Gutka which had for a long time remained on a shelf in my study wrapped in a cloth. But on days when alcohol had been in my system (or was going to be later that day) I just felt too ashamed to even look at it, let alone want to handle and read the sacred bani. Day by day my longing grew and then I started to read. Soon I developed a regular nitnem and at that point I realised that the True Elixir that Guruji had placed before me replaced the false elixir of sharab. I had stopped and it had been a while - I never missed it.

When I was with family, it felt good to say - "not one for me - I don't drink.' It was liberating. Some people really got touched when I explained why.

Awesome. Can't get much better than that when wanting to quit the old daru.