NAVJYOTI INDIA FOUNDATION - Towards Self Reliance

DDRTI Testimonials

WHATS PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US
"I am drug free for last 2 years. I started taking drugs in class 10. I do not remember what I used to take. I just remember that my family used to abuse me and had wished that I would have died. I got married while I was still doing drugs. It was when I got my second son that my sister asked me that now I should quit drugs. I was shown many centers but we were looking for a center which could provide the total solution. I came to Navjyoti OPD and people shared that they have left drugs by getting the treatment. I thought they were just acting, how one can leave drugs. But once admitted I took this program with great deal of zeal. I used to get very few consequences (behavior therapy tools) esp. spare part (behavior therapy tool), I just got one spare part in the six month long program. I wanted to leave drugs from my within. I completed three months after care group program very religiously. I used to fear that I should not go back to drugs. I used to fear festivals a lot. I only took up my job after 6 months. I was very much broken down from my past, so I could not think of relapse. However when ever faced with difficulty, I share it with my counselor. Today I am drug free and happy with my family and program helps me in dealing my day to day problem. I am working happily for a bank and busy." *by: (Undisclosed)*
"I am Harpal Singh and today I am free from addiction not only physically but psychologically too and I have worked hard for it. This effort is still continuing as I don't want to relapse again. I am satisfied with my improvement. I was entangled in the drugs vicious cycle from 1984 till 2002. I used to take in between smack, Afeem, Ganja, Charas and alcohol etc. So, basically I tried everything during this period. Pertaining to my family background, my Father was an alcoholic and used to create terror at home in the state of drunkenness. The friends of my father used to come to our home and being in such an environment the destiny slowly took me into the world of drugs. I lost my friends, my family members trust, and my brother who died because of his habit of severe addiction. These thoughts still make me feel numb. I tried to get rid of this habit of addiction on my own in the last seventeen years but that was in-vain. But every time I used to promise myself that I will leave this addiction for ever. Fortunately, I came to know about Navjyoti Drug Deaddiction Center through one of my neighbour and he took me in the O.P.D. where Counselors took my case history and called me in the O.P.D for fifteen days. Initially I thought it to be useless but when senior counselors oriented me about the treatment module of Navjyoti and how it is different from the other treatment strategies, I got ready for it. I stayed there for more than six months and learnt all the tips and techniques of saying 'no' to drugs. I attended regularly all the sessions during my stay at the center and even came regularly to the center during the After Care Programme. I used to share whatever I felt with my counselors and they used to guide me properly and without losing their patience. I have made promise to myself that I have to be honest with God and have to abide by the learning which I have received during my stay at Navjyoti. Even now I visit center and share my feelings and attend Group sessions thinking that they might benefit the other patients too. It's about four and a half years that I am clean and I have learnt that "Recovery is only possible when one learns to change one's behaviour and takes responsibility for their behaviour". " *by: Harpal Singh*

WHATS PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US

"I am drug free for last 2 years. I started taking drugs in class 10. I do not remember what I used to take. I just remember that my family used to abuse me and had wished that I would have died. I got married while I was still doing drugs. It was when I got my second son that my sister asked me that now I should quit drugs. I was shown many centers but we were looking for a center which could provide the total solution.

I came to Navjyoti OPD and people shared that they have left drugs by getting the treatment. I thought they were just acting, how one can leave drugs. But once admitted I took this program with great deal of zeal. I used to get very few consequences (behavior therapy tools) esp. spare part (behavior therapy tool), I just got one spare part in the six month long program. I wanted to leave drugs from my within. I completed three months after care group program very religiously. I used to fear that I should not go back to drugs. I used to fear festivals a lot. I only took up my job after 6 months. I was very much broken down from my past, so I could not think of relapse. However when ever faced with difficulty, I share it with my counselor. Today I am drug free and happy with my family and program helps me in dealing my day to day problem. I am working happily for a bank and busy."
by: (Undisclosed)

"I am Harpal Singh and today I am free from addiction not only physically but psychologically too and I have worked hard for it. This effort is still continuing as I don't want to relapse again. I am satisfied with my improvement.

I was entangled in the drugs vicious cycle from 1984 till 2002. I used to take in between smack, Afeem, Ganja, Charas and alcohol etc. So, basically I tried everything during this period. Pertaining to my family background, my Father was an alcoholic and used to create terror at home in the state of drunkenness. The friends of my father used to come to our home and being in such an environment the destiny slowly took me into the world of drugs.

I lost my friends, my family members trust, and my brother who died because of his habit of severe addiction. These thoughts still make me feel numb. I tried to get rid of this habit of addiction on my own in the last seventeen years but that was in-vain. But every time I used to promise myself that I will leave this addiction for ever. Fortunately, I came to know about Navjyoti Drug Deaddiction Center through one of my neighbour and he took me in the O.P.D. where Counselors took my case history and called me in the O.P.D for fifteen days. Initially I thought it to be useless but when senior counselors oriented me about the treatment module of Navjyoti and how it is different from the other treatment strategies, I got ready for it.

I stayed there for more than six months and learnt all the tips and techniques of saying 'no' to drugs. I attended regularly all the sessions during my stay at the center and even came regularly to the center during the After Care Programme. I used to share whatever I felt with my counselors and they used to guide me properly and without losing their patience. I have made promise to myself that I have to be honest with God and have to abide by the learning which I have received during my stay at Navjyoti. Even now I visit center and share my feelings and attend Group sessions thinking that they might benefit the other patients too. It's about four and a half years that I am clean and I have learnt that "Recovery is only possible when one learns to change one's behaviour and takes responsibility for their behaviour". "
by: Harpal Singh