This is a short article about Mr.Ajitam Pandey who was drug addict in his previous life and how he overcome his addiction. Now he is working in a rehabilitation center and helps the society and the young generation with awareness campaigns.

1. MY JOURNEY WITH
DRUGS - MR.AJITAM
PANDEY

2. • I was born in a well-known family in Birgunj (Southern Nepal).
• We owned a couple of businesses and factories in the area so we were
quite well off too.
• In my middle-school days, I remember I used to rebel and go to the
cinema a lot with my friends.
• Going to the cinema as a teenager was a taboo back in the days.

3. • At the age of 13, I took NitroVat for the first time.
• If you don’t know about that drug, it makes you
feel super strong, confident and quite
aggressive.
• But I enjoyed that aggression, I loved how those
pills worked on me.
• Every drug addict has his choice of drugs you
know, it’s called “choice of a drug” because you
really like the feeling you get from that specific
drug.
• NitroVat was my first choice of drug and it
stayed with me for many years to come.

4. • The first time I realized that I had no control over
myself was at a point where my weight was 39kg
(85lbs).
• That was the lowest point I have ever been in my
life.
• I don’t think many people know this but every drug
addict somehow deep down feels that they are a
good person, that self-acknowledgment of “I am a
nice person” is always there.
• When someone comes to tell you otherwise, that
hurts really bad.
• I have never felt so helpless, It felt like my world
was turning upside down with a brutal reality
check.

5. • One day, I heard my parents having a conversation, my father was
telling my mom;
• ” I don’t know what to do with Ajitam anymore. If I allow him to keep taking drugs, I
am afraid he will die from an overdose. If I make him stop, I am afraid he will die
suffering from withdrawal.
• I love him much more than any of our other children because he is so weak, he is the
weakest in our family.
• But, I don’t want to show that I still love him. I will take care of him in other ways, my
own way” When I heard that, suddenly I found myself with an intense desire to
live and live better.

6. • Following that incident, my parents brought me to Sano Paila, this rehabilitation center in
Birgunj.
• It was not easy to be in rehabilitation but I had a clear motive to not just quit drugs but
take complete responsibility for my own life.
• It has now been 5 years journey with Sano Paila and they have been such wonderful
support in opening a new chapter in my life.
Rehabilitation

7. • The best thing that Sano Paila did and still
does effectively is how they saw my
hunger for leadership and kept giving me
roles of different leadership and
responsible positions.
• Now I am a program manager in this
rehabilitation center.
• My father is no more but I must say I take
great pride in what I am now and my
work, which is helping other people get
off from drug-induced self-destructive life.

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9. For more detail information about Drug
awareness , preventive measure and
RehabilitationTechnique, visit Sano Paila
website:
•http://sanopaila.org

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• https://www.facebook.com/Goodtimesnepal/
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