| Meditation helped me come back from the dark world of drug addiction. Sheikh Mostofa Kamal |
| I recovered from my addiction to cold drinks. Not only did I benefit physically, I also saved 14,400 taka over the last four years. Golam Sarwar, Student. |
| I recovered from my addiction to tea after I learnt meditation.. Mursalin Ahmed, Senior Finance Officer, Daily Inqilab |
| For years I used to think every night that I would give up smoking the next day. I finally did that after I learnt meditation. Md. Robiul Karim, Socio Economist, LGED |
| Meditation gave me confidence and saved me from smoking and bad company. Bidhan Rai, Student |
| I can’t count the number of times I gave up smoking before I learnt meditation. But since 1999 when I did the meditation course, I haven’t gone back to it. Sheikh Ainul Huda, Businessman |
Meditation Can Help
Recover from Alcoholism
A man had been spending most of his time drinking for 9 years. He drank at least five days a week. One day he decided this was too much, he would only drink on the weekends.
He started drinking only on Thursdays and Fridays. But then he decided that since he is not drinking during the week, he should drink more on the weekends. And so it went.
He became the father of a beautiful baby boy. When his wife came home with the baby, he decided to move his bed to another room. He had a lot of excuses: the baby cried too much, he didn’t like his wife. During the weekend and at other times, he spent his time in that room with a music player, a few gazal tapes, and an adequate supply of alcohol.
He never ran out of excuses. Some days he drank because he was sad. Other days he told himself, “I am happy today. Why not relax a little.” At other times he thought. “A little drink would help me sleep better.”
Life went on. One evening, he was lying on his bed - hadn’t started drinking yet. He had a magazine in his hand. For some unknown reason, he read the list of books that had come out at that year’s national book fair. His eyes went to the book called ‘Quantum Method.’ He had heard about it. But had thought, ‘This is for people who have nothing else to do. Useless.’
Yet he bought the book from the book fair. Somehow or other 7or 8 other similar books- on spirituality, meditation and yoga appeared. On the forth day, he obtained the address of Yoga Foundation (sister organization of Quantum Foundation), and acquired some relaxation tapes. His bottles lay unopened. On the fifth day, he got up early and exercised. His friends asked him ‘What is going on?’ He just smiled.
Although he earned a lot of money, he did not have enough money to pay for the (Quantum Method Meditation) course. He borrowed money from a friend and did the course. He didn’t want to miss it!
He had never needed to open his bottles since.
Mr. Pradeep Sanyal, a high level officer of an NGO expressed his story in an emotional language at the concluding ceremony of the Quantum Method Course. “If you see someone destroying their lives like me”, he said, “Send him to this course, he will be fine.”
( Translated from the Weekly Rashtra )