Nasha mukti kendra for families from Sirsa.

Why families from Sirsa call us

The story we hear on the phone from Sirsa is nearly always the same. The man was admitted somewhere for a few weeks, came home, and was back on it inside a month. The family paid twice and got nothing both times.

That happens for one reason. Only the body was treated.

Behind the drug there is very often something else, depression, anxiety, sleep that stopped years ago, or something that happened once and was never spoken about again. If nobody treats that, the man walks out clean and comes back to the same mind he left with. Aasra has its own consultant psychiatrist on staff, Dr. Amanullah Ghori, M.B.B.S., DPM, not a doctor who visits twice a week. Most drug rehabilitation centres in this belt do not have one at all.

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Which parts of the district families come from

Sirsa city, and Mandi Dabwali, Ellenabad, Rania, Kalanwali, Odhan, Nathusari Chopta and Baragudha. Some families ring from villages we have to look up on the map, and that is fine too.

Dabwali and Kalanwali sit right on the Punjab line, and the families there usually already know what chitta looks like, because they have watched it work through the villages on the other side.

Two centres, and which one suits

This is worth knowing before you ring, because Sirsa is one of the few districts where both of our rehabilitation centres are a real option.

• Hanumangarh, Rajasthan. The nearer of the two for most of Sirsa district, and the usual choice for families from the Ellenabad, Rania and Nathusari side.
• Daroli Bhai, Moga, Punjab. This is where our consultant psychiatrist sits and where the longer residential rehabilitation programme runs. Families from the Dabwali and Kalanwali side often prefer it, and some families choose it deliberately because it is further from home.

Ring the number and describe the situation. We will say which one we think fits, and we will say so plainly even when the answer is the one that suits us less.

What addiction looks like where three states meet

Sirsa is not a Punjab district, but it shares a long edge with one, and the supply does not stop at a signboard. What families here describe is a mix.

• Chitta and heroin, mostly among younger men, and mostly coming across from the Punjab side. This is the one families discover last, because it hides longest. How chitta is treated.
• Doda and post, older men more often than young ones, and treated as ordinary for so long that nobody counts it as a drug until the body starts giving way. How doda is treated.
• Medical store tablets, started for pain or for sleep and carried on long after the reason went away. How that is treated.
• Alcohol, the one families try hardest to handle themselves, and the one where stopping suddenly at home can cause fits and can kill. How alcohol is treated.

The government route in Sirsa

If money is the problem, look at the government side first. The civil hospital at Sirsa and the district health services run de-addiction treatment, and Haryana has its own de-addiction programme. What is available and what it costs changes from time to time, so confirm the current position directly with the civil hospital or the district health office rather than trusting anything you read online, including this page.

We are not going to talk you out of a free option you can actually reach. A lot of people have got better through it. Families usually come to us after the government route has been tried and the man has relapsed, or when the family wants a drug rehabilitation centre that keeps him longer than a short detox admission allows.

What the treatment here actually involves

About four months, in three stages.

• Medical detox first, under supervision, because the first week is the dangerous one. What detox involves.
• Counselling, daily, individual and in groups, and this is where the reason behind the drug gets dealt with.
• Rehabilitation, which is the part most places skip. Routine, yoga, gym, sports, and enough time for the habit to lose its grip. The full programme.

There is a psychiatrist on staff throughout, which is the part that decides whether the fourth month holds.

Bringing someone who does not want to come

Almost nobody arrives here willingly. If he is refusing, that is not a reason to wait, it is the usual starting point.

Ring and tell us the whole situation, including the parts that are hard to say on the phone. We have handled this a few hundred times and we will tell you what has worked for families in the same position. Never plan it alone at the last minute, and never make a promise you cannot keep, because it costs you his trust for months afterwards.

Confidentiality

No name and no photograph leaves either centre without written permission from the family. The men in our video testimonials chose to speak. Most families do not, and that is completely normal. Nobody in Sirsa hears anything from us.