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Packaged milk shop owner is a messiah for tobacco, alcohol addicts  

Unal Joshi, a 24-year-old finance professional in Rajkot, has never missed his half an hour appointment with Pankaj Trivedi on Sundays for three months now.

For many, Trivedi, 31, a resident of Shiv Shakti colony, is just a shop owner of packaged milk. But for Kunal and others like him, he is messiah who has rescued them from the evils of tobacco and alcohol addictions.

"Through vigorous counselling, help and support, Pankajbhai helped me quit my addiction to gutkha. He has given me a new life," said Kunal, who developed his tobacco chewing habit from peers as a 20-year-old. "I saw him spending his personal time, money and efforts to make me and others free of addiction. That inspired me to work on myself," he said.

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