GUATEMALA: Recovery (36 images)

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Casa Hogar, the vision of an ex drug addict turned recovery counselor, houses up to 60 men trying to kick their drug and alcohol addictions. The residents are allowed to remain in Casa Hogar as long as they like, some have been in the three story home for years.
  • Three residents of Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala, pray to God Friday, March 23, 2007. Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. "It's so boring being sober," says resident Adolpho Fong...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Heber Bersario Acevedo, 25, looks at his reflection in a mirror at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Acevedo has been living at Casa Hogar for one month and was heavily smoking crack and marijuana "for years" when he decided to seek treatment for his addiction...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Heber Bersario Acevedo, 25, looks at a vial of vitamin B complex at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Acevedo has been living at Casa Hogar for one month and was heavily smoking crack and marijuana "for years" when he decided to seek treatment for his addiction...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Byron Samayoa is fed an electrolyte drink at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Samayoa has been at the home for 2 days and is experiencing seizures and severe withdrawal symptoms from his addiction to rubbing alcohol. "I want you to know," he says "that I am very frightened."..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Rolando Sapon, left, cries as he recounts his sins and asks God for forgiveness at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Sapon had been abusing alcohol before he sought treatment 3 weeks ago. "I'm fighting for this," he says...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Head nurse Jose Pacheko, right, prepares a vitam B injection for Byron Samayoa, left, at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Samayoa has been at the home for 2 days and is experiencing seizures and severe withdrawal symptoms from his addiction to rubbing alcohol. "I want you to know," he says "that I am very frightened."..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Herson Rodriguez falls asleep outside the bathroom at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Rodriguez has been living at Casa Hogar for 2 weeks and hopes to kick his addiction to alcohol...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program had been drinking rubbing alcohol because it is so inexpensive. .."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • A resident of Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, washes a shirt in the home's only sink, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. "It's so boring being sober," says resident Adolpho Fong...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • A newly arrived patient sleeps at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. ..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Pictured are residents of Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. "It's so boring being sober," says resident Adolpho Fong...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Byron Rosales, left, waits for the a Bible study to begin at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Rosales was one of the first residents at the home and he now cooks and offers support to the other residents. "I hope to one day have a paying job here," he says. The home is run entirely on donations...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • A resident looks at a bikini model at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. "It's so boring being sober," says resident Adolpho Fong...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Maricio Antonio Diaz Mendez, 24, participates in a Bible study at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Mendez has heavily been abusing drugs and alcohol when he decided to seek treatment. "I had to," he says, "I had no other option."..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Residents of Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala, participate in a Bible study . Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. Religion plays an important role in the residents' recovery they say..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Heber Bersario Acevedo, 25, left, styles his hair with gel at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Acevedo has been living at Casa Hogar for one month and was heavily smoking crack and marijuana "for years" when he decided to seek treatment for his addiction...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • The men comfort each other at Casa Hogar..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Head nurse Jose Pacheko monitors newly arrived patients at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. ..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Maricio Antonio Diaz Mendez, 24, appears is reflected in a mirror at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Mendez has heavily been abusing drugs and alcohol when he decided to seek treatment. "I had to," he says, "I had no other option."..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Herson Rodriguez reads the Bible at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. Religion plays an important role in the residents' recovery they say..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • The main room is pictured at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala, participate in a Bible study. Casa Hogar is run entirely on donations...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • A cook works the kitchen at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. "It's so boring being sober," says resident Adolpho Fong...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • A resident, left, washes clothes in the only sink at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala, as Byron Rosales, reflected in a mirror, right, looks on. Rosales was one of the first residents at the home and he now cooks and offers support to the other residents. "I hope to one day have a paying job here," he says. The home is run entirely on donations...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • A cross is pictured at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala, participate in a Bible study. Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. Religion plays an important role in the residents' recovery they say..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Residents of Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala, recount their sins and ask God for forgiveness. Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. Religion plays an important role in the residents' recovery they say..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Byron Rosales cleans meat from the bone in the kitchen at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Rosales was one of the first residents at the home and he now cooks and offers support to the other residents. "I hope to one day have a paying job here," he says. The home is run entirely on donations...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Byron Rosales spoons out a lunchtime soup at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Rosales was one of the first residents at the home and he now cooks and offers support to the other residents. "I hope to one day have a paying job here," he says. The home is run entirely on donations...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Ramiro Garcia "Coyote" Orenano, 64, right, eats a meal at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Coyote had been abusing alcohol nearly his entire life and "just wanted to finally quit." He has been a resident of Casa Hogar for 45 days...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Residents of Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala, play board games and study the Bible Sunday. Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. Religion plays an important role in the residents' recovery they say..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • A resident winces from the smoke while he cooks tamales at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Cooking preparation begins everyday at 4am for breakfast and continues through lunch and dinner, ending around 5pm...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Heber Bersario Acevedo, 25, rubs his hands together in anticipation of his vitamin B injection at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Acevedo has been living at Casa Hogar for one month and was heavily smoking crack and marijuana "for years" when he decided to seek treatment for his addiction...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Neddie Hiron Rodriguez, left, gets a kiss from his wife Maria during a family visit wih their child Maria at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Rodriguez has been a patient at Casa Hogar for nearly a month now...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • A patient at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala, sleeps. Patients of experience seizures and severe withdrawal symptoms from their addiction to drugs and alcohol. ..Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Heber Bersario Acevedo, 25, plays with a ball at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Acevedo has been living at Casa Hogar for one month and was heavily smoking crack and marijuana "for years" when he decided to seek treatment for his addiction...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Adolpho Fong, 46, reads the Bible at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Fong, a former teacher, lost his family to his addiction to alcohol and cocaine. "After being high for 2 months straight I decided to get sober," he says. He has been at Casa Hogar for two weeks now...Time weighs heavily on the residents and they try to fill every waking hour with something to keep themselves occupied. "It's so boring being sober," says Fong...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

  • Christian Ulises looks at a cross at Casa Hogar, a rehabilitation home for alcohol and drug addicts, outside of Antigua, Guatemala. Ulises had been abusing drugs and alcohol when he decided to seek treatment...Casa Hogar currently houses 44 men (with a maximum of 60.) Jorge Rosales, himself a former drug user, founded the home 2 years ago after he kicked his habit and left the garbage dump he had been living in for thirteen months...If accepted into Casa Hogar the voluntary residents must first spend 6 days in a first floor room of mattresses, are denied showers and must eat meals separately from other residents. Patients in the first floor zone suffer from convulsions, vomiting and other withdrawal symptoms and are monitored round the clock by a nurse. Most alcoholics who enter the program have been drinking rubbing alcohol, according to Rosales, because it is so inexpensive..."If they make it" says resident Byron Rosales, "they can join us up top." It is up to the individual when they feel they are ready to leave the home.

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