UPH Abstinence Campaign: Anti-Drug Seminar for Student Leader UPH

The commitment of Universitas Pelita Harapan against free sex, drugs, and smoking continues. This year UPH again proclaimed ?UPH Abstinence Campaign? themed ?Designed for Dignity?. This campaign was started with a seminar of ?Anti-Drugs? which specifically aimed for the student leaders of various students organizations. About 150 Student Leaders attended the seminar which was delivered by Breakthrough Mission Indonesia Foundation, October 24, 2016 at D 501 UPH Karawaci, Tangerang.

To open the seminar, Rev. Albert Mitchell Moore, M.Div read Ephesians 2:10 as the foundation of the entire seminars and campaigns, which speaks about human as God?s creation to do good deeds.

		?Everyone here may know at least one person who needs the information to be delivered today. They need a message of hope regarding the rehabilitation and restoration. Message to be free from dependence and to understand that human beings are created for a dignity (Designed for Dignity) is not to dependence on something, so listen and be the ambassadors for those who have not had the opportunity to listen to the message as you listen today,? said Moore to all Student Leaders who participated in the seminar.
Albert Mitchell Moore Memberikan Opening Speech

This interactive seminar presented Stephen Vincent Deputy Director of YBMI as the keynote speaker and Christian S. Jaya the representative of UPH Student Life as the moderator. ?Drugs were not a ?paradise?. Drugs do not bring happiness because it contains dopamine, but it was just illusions that eventually bind,? said Stephen.

Stephen shared the fact that there are currently five million addicts, but there are only 100,000 beds of rehabilitation provided in Indonesia. One of them is YBMI with 78 beds that provided services for the addicts without cost. Seeing these conditions, he affirmed that YBMI well aware of dependence on drugs is a serious problem and is difficult to get off. He also added with his experience before.

Stephen described his experience when he became a drug addict and reminded to the young to have strong attitudes towards drugs.

(left-right) Christian S. Jaya as the moderator with Stephen Vincent (center) and Rita from YBMI. presentative of UPH Student Life as the moderator. 

Stephen shared the fact that there are currently five million addicts, but there are only 100,000 beds of rehabilitation provided in Indonesia. One of them is YBMI with 78 beds that provided services for the addicts without cost. Seeing these conditions, he affirmed that YBMI well aware of dependence on drugs is a serious problem and is difficult to get off. He also added with his experience before.

Stephen described his experience when he became a drug addict and reminded to the young to have strong attitudes towards drugs.

?Drugs entered our lives because it touches curiosity. Because of that, the right step to be free from drugs is stay away from the bad community, avoid the curiosity to drugs or to try it. Never once open the ?trying? door, for example, try to smoke. A smoker will be more easily persuaded to use drugs,? said Stephen.

Furthermore, Stephen also explained that drugs consumer are divided into several levels, namely the initial level which is for fun, nature recreational and situational, then the middle level, and the level of severe addiction. Compared with the mid-level or severe level, of course, the initial level was very difficult to detect whether the person has been consuming the drugs or not.

Besides the sharing of Stephen, there was also Rita who has the fight against the drugs for 11 tears through the ministry in YBMI.

?Every person must have a desire to be free from the drugs, but it is a difficult process. How hard we try, still there is only one way that could restore the whole human, which relies on God. Only God who is able to recover. So despite of being in this foundation, if the addicts are not geared to rely on the Lord everything will be vain,? said Ria.

After sharing, Stephen showed pictures of The activities at Breakthrough Mission Foundation Indonesia. After the sharing session, participants were divided into small groups for further discussion around the issue of drugs. There were two groups of women and five group of men, each of the group are facilitated by the facilitator from YBMI.

Through this seminar, each Student Leader is expected to be able to know what to do when seeing a friend or someone who are involved with drugs. YBMI hope that there will care group of Anti-Drugs formed in UPH that can help colleagues who need information or help when experiencing problem associated with Drugs. (Mt)

The giving of sourvenir from Novel Priyatna, S.E., M.Th., the Director of Student Life for Stephen Vincent as the thanksgiving of UPH to YBMI

Stephen shared the fact that there are currently five million addicts, but there are only 100,000 beds of rehabilitation provided in Indonesia. One of them is YBMI with 78 beds that provided services for the addicts without cost. Seeing these conditions, he affirmed that YBMI well aware of dependence on drugs is a serious problem and is difficult to get off. He also added with his experience before.

Stephen described his experience when he became a drug addict and reminded to the young to have strong attitudes towards drugs.

The discussion after the seminar, in which the students are divided into several groups and led by the representative of YBMI in each groups.