AdminRavinder Singh’s life changing experience! Ravinder Singh was born and bred in Birmingham. “I was a typical normal Punjabi Sikh guy who went to school, college, well-educated and now currently at university. I never really understood Sikhi or why I went to the Gurdwara. I started to see my peers and family members drinking alcohol, […]
Ravinder Singh’s life changing experience!
Ravinder Singh was born and bred in Birmingham. “I was a typical normal Punjabi Sikh guy who went to school, college, well-educated and now currently at university. I never really understood Sikhi or why I went to the Gurdwara.
I started to see my peers and family members drinking alcohol, so I started to drink with them too. I never thought there was anything wrong with drinking alcohol. Although, I did see many people act very foolish when they did drink at weddings. As you know, most Punjabi weddings have alcohol at the party, and I wasn’t aware how it could affect me.
Most of the people thought it was okay to drink, but I started noticing that my mindset wasn’t the same when I drank; I did a lot of things out of character when I drank. Alcohol started affecting my education, my family life, as well as my personal life.
So I started to learn about Sikhi online and got Sangat from a local Sikh Youth Birmingham Forum which had a very positive effect on me.
The Sangat from that Forum helped me so much and I still do support those sewadars and help them out with alcohol and drugs projects.
Guru Granth Sahib Ji tells us the Truth, Bani has all the answers and is my only guidance whom I seek. Now, my life is more fulfilling and meaningful than when I just sat down in the pub with friends and family like I used to.
I am currently doing Seva for numerous Sikh Organisations. I would encourage people to get involved with Sikh Youth UK who are helping so many families with alcohol and drug addictions.”
via: Sikh Youth Birmingham
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