Addicts are often stigmatized in Germany. Things are different in Italy, where addicts live in communities. A visit to the most famous of its kind.
If you’re going to party, then do it right. A sentence that has been both a mantra and a life motto for Christian Emanuelli for many years. South Tyroleans can celebrate – just not sober. On the contrary: he drinks and takes drugs regularly. He’s not picky, he tries out the whole range. And at some point, even without a party, you can no longer do without intoxicants. Addiction comes knocking – and Emanuelli ends up on the street. The young man wanders the streets of Venice for nine months until his mother brings him back home. He can stay if he stays away from drugs. Both know that to beat addiction there is only one place in Italy: San Patrignano.
Source: Stern
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