Browsing Tag: Alcohol

Healing Addiction with Yoga

Addiction treatment centers see yoga as a technique for improving clients’ coping skills...
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Drug addiction blights the Indian state of Punjab

There is growing concern in India about the rapid rise in drug addiction cases in Punjab, one of the country's wealthiest states. The main university in the region has claimed that 70% of young Punjabi men are hooked on drugs or alcohol.
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The Poverty of Plenty

THE 25 crore man stepped in like a thief, eyes wary, searching for a sign that he must run. Jagbeer Singh. Farmer. Bus conductor. Father. Heroin smuggler. Jailbird. Nobody.
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Alcoholic Perfumes on Guru Granth Sahib Ji ~ OPINION

It is my appeal to the Khalsa Satsangat, that this ritual should stop... Our Guru has never instructed us to use any form of these impure products other than having a clean bathed body and "Succhai Hath" (clean and pure hands) before we recite Bani.
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Sikhs drinking themselves to an early grave

Southall Sikhs concerned over the amount of alcohol consumed by the Sikh community.
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'Name and shame' scheme for wedding binge drinkers

A charity wants to crack down on binge drinking at Asian weddings with a 'name and shame' scheme.
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Female binge drink rates 'double'

The percentage of women who binge drink has doubled since the 1990s, research has found.
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Self-Discipline or Just Uptight

I have never in my entire life drank a sip of alcohol, taken drugs, or any other form of intoxication. Truly without a doubt, I have never had a yearning for it.
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Drugs, Meat & Alcohol - Gurbani Vichaar

Some people ask where is it written in Gurbani that meat and sharaab (alcohol) are forbidden?
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