Belthangady: “Self control is necessary to get rid of addiction. Alcohol provokes to sin,” said Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade.

He was addressing the gathering at SDM Kalabhavana on the occasion of 1000 rehabilitation camp.

“The world looks at the addicted persons with insulted eyes and it considers addicted persons as a comedy character. So, we should stay away from such things, which make us to loss control over ourselves,” he said.

Muguli Narayana Rao, D Jagadeesh, Santhosh Kumar Jain and others were present.