Indians use alcohol; ~6 crore harmfully.
use opioids — above the global average.
inject drugs, at high risk of HIV and hepatitis.
Behind each figure is the same pattern the Church knows well: an “innocent” first drink or cigarette on a campus or at work, a slow narrowing of life around the next high, and a family decimated from within while a man keeps his pew on Sunday.
Addiction is both a spiritual bondage and a medical condition, and it responds to both prayer and treatment. Urban Restora Foundation's aim is to put the two together — congregations that refuse to look away, working alongside de-addiction professionals who know how to help a family, a body and a brain heal
use cannabis
use opioids
use tobacco.
A word to the church
The global body of Christ isn't called to wait for the wounded to come in. The Good News is for the bound, and the church must go to the addiction's source — the bar, bottle, or dealer's number — not wait safely inside. Deliverance that stays inside isn't true deliverance.
The pew is not exempt from this pull. Believers and leaders often hide their bondage, as church culture makes confession feel more dangerous than addiction. A congregation that won't name this internally can't reach the community outside. Freedom must be honestly modeled within before it can be offered beyond.
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you?”1 Corinthians 6:19
