Success Stories

Palwinder Singh, a 33-year-old male from Samrala, Ludhiana, was admitted to our Akal Drug De-Addiction Centre at Cheema in May 2026 being his first inpatient admission. He completed a 30 day stay and demonstrated significant improvement in his substance use, emotional well-being and overall functioning...

Harpreet came to us after several years of dependence on multiple substances. Over time, his substance use had affected his health, emotional well-being, family relationships, work and ability to fulfil his responsibilities..

MS (name withheld), a 48-year-old male from the Malwa region of Punjab, represents one of the most significant examples of long-term addiction recovery and rehabilitation under the Akal Integrated Community Addiction Recovery Model (AICARM). His case demonstrates the challenges of chronic relapsing addiction, the importance of family-supported rehabilitation, spiritually integrated recovery systems, and the transformative role of peer counselling in long-term recovery.

A 17-year-old female from the United States was admitted to the Akal Drug De-Addiction & Rehabilitation Centre, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, with a severe history of polysubstance use disorder.

A 32-year-old male from rural Punjab was admitted to the Akal Drug De-Addiction & Rehabilitation Centre with severe chronic injectable opioid dependence.

Then aged 34 years, labourer by profession, studied up to third, and a case of Poly Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Nicotine-smoked and non-smoked, Cannabis (Bhang), Carisoprodol based tablets etc.) with a history of 15 years, he was married and had three children-two daughters (15yrs, 8 yrs) and a son (6 yrs)...

A 21 year patient who started smoking cigarette/biri butts while studying in Class IV. As he grew up he was prompted to experience a new and thrilling substance “correcting fluid” (inhaling toluene-based substance). He would spend long hours outside the house secretly smelling the fluid directly from the containers, and at times he would splash the fluid over a handkerchief to smell and inhale.