Q. 146: Dear Gurudev, I want to quit addiction to intoxicants and have come to you with a lot of hope.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Good!
You have come to the right place. If you wish to get rid of a bad habit then there are only three ways for it.
The first is your love for knowledge, the Divine or some dear one - whether parents or Guru. By promising some dear one that you will quit the habit, you will be able to get rid of it. This is the best way out.
The second way is greed. If you will not consume intoxicants for six months, then you will get ten million rupees, or that your luck will shine and you will succeed in everything.
The third is fear - if one day you do consume intoxicants, then you will suffer a loss of one million, or you will have to suffer from a major ailment. If such a greed or fear enters you, even then you will be rid of your addiction.
Along with these three ways, do yoga and pranayama. The best is that along with yoga and sadhana (spiritual practices), you take a vow that you will not indulge in addictions.
Take a vow
for forty days, then six months and then a year. After that, you would have
come out of the habit and won’t look back at it.
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