The Spurt in Substance Abuse has emerged as an unprecedented threat to the quality of human life. Apart from Alcohol which is certainly the oldest and the most widely abused substance, the abuse of Narcotic drugs and Psychotropic substances has proliferated across regions and countries leaving ugly scars in its wake. In India, research in various regions and population group confirms that Drug abuse and Alcoholism and free use of Tobacco products has infiltrated into all Socio-Cultural and Economic strata.

Catapulted from being just another satellite town into the electronic city of the National Capital Region, NOIDA has rightly earned the sobriquet, thanks to a steadily mushrooming range of business enterprises which prefer to set up their ventures in this city. Unfortunately, the monetary abundance all around has also brought in its wake all the vices associated with affluence. Even there is overwhelming evidence to prove that substance dependency among Noidaites is on the rise, and alarmingly so. Yes, even school and college students of the city have fallen easy victims. The problem of mood altering substance abuse have given rise to consequent severe problems and hazards in the lives of individuals, families, relationships and the society at large. Today’s life Style Diseases or the diseases which crops up from today’s fast faced life style are namely Stress, Depression, Irritations, Restlessness, Anxiety, Anger, Aggressions and Violence. People who are in it for them life seems Powerless and Unmanageable, a hopeless situation. These diseases are very infectious, the people around are equally even sometimes more affected. life for all becomes a living hell.

• Consultation on Substance Abuse (Drugs, Alcohol, Nicotine etc)
• Detoxification and OPD based Rehabilitation.
• Guidance to people living with HIV / AIDS (PLWHA).
• Contrite counseling for psychological problems and behavioral disorder , mood sewers
• Therapeutic counseling on stress, depression , Anger
• Healing techniques with breathing & meditation
• Conducting seminars and workshops on related subjects.
• Confidential interaction through telephone and e-mails.

Suffering can be overwhelming when faced alone, but it finds its own solace when shared with someone who will listen in confidence. Specialised Professional Medical help, Positive and Unbiased Guidance, Therapeutic Counselling can often straighten out Physical Setbacks and Damages, Mental and Emotional tangles and Social-Economical unrests and Spiritual degradation. The De-Addiction centre under the banner of Kailash Hospital & Heart Institute NOIDA, is committed to face such problems and challenges with expertise and professionalism to reach out to the needy, forsaken, stigmatised, rejected and those who is losing hope, people who are under the death-vice.

The De-Addiction centre is headed by Bappa Mukherjee, who for the last 20 years, equipped with Professional trainings and Crisis Management Skills from National and International Agencies is actively involved in the Addictive Substance Abuse Management and Prevention Interventions, Stress & Depression Management, Suicidal Interventions, HIV/AIDS Counselling through Spiritual Therapies and Inspirational and Motivational Cognitive Counselling to all those whose life is becoming Stressed, Stretched, Meaningless and under Challenge and Threat. The centre is well assisted by Professional Medical Experts and Dedicated Staffs.

Understanding the CONSEQUENCES of the FAST FACED liFESTYLE of today’s Generation the De-Addiction centre has expanded and dedicated its services with CONCERN and EMPATHY to all those who are prey to this situation and who’s lives are becoming UNMANAGEABLE and POWERLESS.

Till date more than 1000 registrations have been recorded at the de-addiction centre for various problems and following interventions. Clients not only from Noida but also from neighbouring states are coming to the centre at Kailash Hospital, Noida for consultations, treatment, for cognitive counseling sessions and for relaxation therapies. people from all walks of life, age ranging from 7 years to 70 plus, both male and female with problems ranging from substance abuse (drugs, alcohol, tobacco and others mood altering substance), stress, depression and the suicidal are being helped and guided to lead a successful and productive life.

• Has your life, which is Precious, becoming Powerless and Unmanageable because of your Dependency on Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco and other Mood Altering Substances?
• Are you under Physical or Psychological Stress?
• Are you going through Depression?
• Are you among the People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)?
• Are you Lonely, no one to Understand you or Talk to you?
• Do you see no way out from your Miseries and Contemplating Suicide?

This is your moment and opportunity to seek help at the right place, to say NO to Substance Abuse and YES to life and WAYOUT from Mental Blocks, to life a life of substance.

DE-ADDICTION CENtrE
KAILASH HEALTH CARE LTD
KAILASH HOSPITAL & HEART INSTITUTE
H-33, SECTOR-27.
NOIDA. 201301. (UP)
Tel No: 0120-2444444, 2445566. (Ext-822)
E-mail : dac@kailashhealthcare.com
Mobile : 09818578446
              09818825869

(ABUSE: A non-medical, unsanctioned and maladaptive pattern of use of a substance irrespective of its adverse physical, psychological and social consequences)
There is a wide range of natural or synthetic substances, a regular use of which leads to dependence and impairment of normal functioning of the individual. These can be broadly classified as:

• Narcotic Analgesics including poppy plant, opium, morphine, codeine, heroin & brown sugar, pethidine and methadone.
• Cannabis including marijuana (ganja), hashish (charas) and dried parts of cannabis plant (bhang).
• Stimulants including amphetamines and cocaine.
• Hallucinogens including LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).
• Depressants including sedative—hypnotics (barbiturates and benzodiazepines) and alcohol.
• Nicotine in form of tobacco.
• Caffeine in form of tea and coffee.

In terms of the adverse consequences of substance abuse, it is universally recognised that:

1. 1.At the individual level, substance abuse is associated with loss of physical strength, mental health problems, learning disabilities, interference with normal reproductive functions and damage to vital organs such as brain, heart and lungs.
2. 1.At the family level, substance abuse tears the fabric of family life, causes emotional stresses and strains, places financial burden, endangers the future of younger generations and often makes woman vulnerable to victimization and at risk to drug usage themselves.
3. 1.At the community level, substance abuse entails heavy social and economic costs, such as, alcohol-and drug-related accidents and deaths, wastage of manpower, rise in crime, and increased expenditure on law enforcement, prevention programmes, treatment and rehabilitation and social security.

In view of the specificity of the interaction between the individual, the substance and the situation that results into a Drug & Alcohol taking behaviour, it would be hazardous to draw any conclusive list of the first signs and symptoms of substance abuse to be commonly applicable. Generally some of the signs and symptoms are as:

• Deterioration of physical appearance.
• Repulsive smells on the body or clothes.
• Unusual stains or marks on the skin or clothes.
• Drowsiness or irregular sleep.
• Unexplained mood changes.
• Irritability or aggressive behaviour.
• Erosion in the respect for elders and those in authority.
• Borrowing or losing money.
• Loss of valuables.
• Irregular eating and loss in appetite.
• Running away from hobbies, sports or studies.
• Distancing from family members, relatives and old friends.
• Restoring to lies, deception and emotional black-mailing.
• Sudden shift in relationships and associates.
• Spending long hours in the toilet or bathroom.

• More than 300 million people in India use tobacco.
• India is expected to lose 2.5 million people a year by 2025 due to growing tobacco consumption.
• In tobacco smoke, there are 3,600 known chemicals, of which 20 can cause cancer.
• India reports more than one million fresh cancer cases every year due to tobacco consumption.
• Smoking causes knee pain, loss of cartilage.
• Tobacco kills more than half its users.
• Smokers are likely to be less happy—the pleasure they feel from having a smoke comes only because they’re addicted.
• Smoking affects DNA sequence in Sperm and can lead to a child inheriting permanent genetic damage from father.
• Tobacco consumption is linked to 25 diseases.
• More than one million tobacco users die every year in India.

• Chronic alcohol abuse reduces life expectancy by 15-20 years.
• Alcohol raises the risk of 60 different diseases.
• Indians take their first sip of alcohol at the age of 19 compared to 28 in the 1990s.
• For every 6 men 1 woman drinks alcohol in India.
• A person who drinks to the point of passing out can die if the concentration of alcohol in his or her bloodstream reaches a toxic level.
• About 17% of adult men are addicted to alcohol.
• Alcohol plays a role in nearly 30% of cases of cancer, liver, chest and throat diseases and is blamed for up to a third of all traffic accidents.
• Too much beer may prompt pancreatic cancer onset.
• In another couple of years, majority of Indians will start consuming alcohol at the age of 15.
• Alcohol is a both stimulant and a depressant. It increases serotonin levels for a short while and then causes depression.
• 47-50% of those who begin drinking alcohol before the age of 15 become alcohol dependent at some time in their lives, compared with 9-10% of those who wait at least until age 21.
• Alcohol deadlier for teenage brains.

• Cannabis (ganja, bhang) has seven times more tar and carbon monoxide than cigarettes.
• Even one time use of cannabis can increase the risk of schizophrenia by 40%.
• Drug addiction is a disease, not just a problem.
• Drugs provide a false sense of being in control and a temporary state of euphoria
• The initial kick that drugs give covers the pain/depression of the abuser
• There is no permanent cure for drug addiction; the disease can only be arrested, like diabetes and heart problems.
• Drug addiction is very much progressive in nature and fatal.
• Survey says: up to 40% school students take gateway drugs.
• The average age of addiction which was earlier in the 20-21 range is now down to 14-15.

The term Stress is not at all negative or vulnerable, but if stretched beyond tolerance can be real deadly. A situation when an individual feels stressed, feels weak in the physical state, the psychological or the mental state, social state, the economical and financial state and The Spiritual State
Some Insights on Stress, the Killer Companion.

• Stress is the combination of physiological, psychological and behavioural responses to events that challenge life of an individual
• Stress includes the strain experienced by individuals in their day-to-day struggle to adopt and to cope with changing environment.
• Stress carries magnitude of energy, it is never still, it is at the same time progressive in nature, grows and multiplies, and slowly yet steadily dominates life in every aspects.
• Stress carries negative energy and disturbs the normal functioning of the Heart, liver, Kidneys, Lungs and the functioning of the Mind.
• Diseases like Mental Imbalance, Psychosomatic Illness, Intestinal Illness, Peptic-Ulcers, Gum Diseases, Erectile Dysfunction, Gynaecological Problems, General Growth, Asthma, Diabetes, Cancer, Hypertension and Coronary Heart Diseases, besides Medical reasons.
• Stress is inside of us, every one of us is subject to stress and it cannot be plucked out easily, neither it goes away on its own.
• Stress, if not checked or guarded or managed, develops into Depression, Frustration, Anxiety, Fear and Suicidal thoughts and tendencies.

What Generates Stress and Depression in Ones life?

• Physical Discomforts, Disorders and Diseases.
• Worries or Tensions without any instant way outs.
• Worries or Tensions for the Future.
• Guilt, hurt, remorse from Past Experiences.
• Failing to live up to Expectations and Desires.
• Mental Agony, Anxiety and Fear.
• In Failures, Insults, Rebukes and Humiliations.
• Under Exploitations.
• Failing to Forgive and Forget.
• Undisciplined life Style.
• Absence of Accountability in life.
• Absence of Physical and Mental Workouts.
• Absence of Positive Recreation in life.
• Absence of Hobbies.
• Negative and Shellfish Attitude.
• Absence of Compassion and Charity.

Six Factors that Stress and Depress Today’s Men and Women

• Money. How to earn the maximum in the shortest time.
• life-Style. How to live up to the much hyped image of the perfect Men and Women.
• Personal Relationships and Responsibilities.
• Balancing Home and Work.
• Multiple Desires.
• High Ambition.

• Mental disorders, particularly depression and substance abuse, are associated with more than 90% of all cases of suicide.
• Suicide is now among the three leading causes of death among those aged 15-44 years (both sexes).
• Though women attempt to commit suicide more, men usually become successful more often in their attempts.
• As many as 1.2 lakh people end their lives every year in India by committing suicide.
• 312 suicides a day is the average, of these 200 are men
• More than 4 lakh people attempt to commit suicide. A majority of them have been found to be suffering from some sort of mental disorder or depression.
• Family problems drive 70 to death, Illness cause of 69 suicides, 10 suicides due to failed love affairs and bankruptcy leads to 8 suicidal deaths.

• In India, where the population is more than 100 cores, more than 5.3 million people are suffering from AIDS.
• In many as 84% cases, the virus HIV (the virus mainly targets the immune system) spreads through sex and the cases are 13 times higher among homosexuals.
• India has the second largest population of people living with HIV/AIDS, after South Africa.
• 35% of all reported HIV infections in India occur among young people between 15-29 years.
• One out of every eight children suffering from HIV/AIDS worldwide are in India.
• 70,000 children are infected with HIV in India with nearly 21,000 new infections occurring every year.
• A 2002 report by the CIA’s National Intelligence Council predicted 20 million to 25 million AIDS cases in India by 2010, more than any other country in the world.

Self Discipline: (One gains self-esteem and willpower)
Auto Suggestion: (For self-confidance and assurance building)
Prayer: (One cultivates greater inner strenght and clarity of thoughts)
Humour: (Theraputic outlet that relaxes and unburdens pressure)
Compassion: (Impersonal love, to be always a giver of goodness)
Tenderisation: (To live by the teaching…the greater the will, the greater the flow of energy)
Water Therapy: (Checks dehydration and inner restlessness)
Physical Workouts: (Helps tone body and body-mind coordination)
Breathing Workouts: (Detoxifies and rejuvinates the entire system, the body, the mind and the soul)
Meditation: (Practice of being in the thoughtlessness state, in silence, the core of spiritual power)