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Thamkrabok
"The monastery of the last chance"

(Thailand)

Located at 130 kilometres from Bangkok, the bouddhist monastery of Thamkrabok is not like the other ones.
The monks of this monastery do not seek solely for nobility of the mind, they are implied in the present problems of the society.

7 a.m. in Thamkrabok. Like every day, Môhn (aged 69), the chemist of the place, starts the preparation of the vomitory potion.

With the priest, Môhn is the only one to know the recipe of the mixture. Its functions are the elimination of the toxins from the organism, and the attenuation of the need for drugs.

After years of alcoholism, Môhn knows very well the ravages of drugs on the organism. He still remembers that horrible bodily and mental subjection which pushed him to plunge again endlessly in that artificial abyss.

Today, a new patient is arriving at the centre.

Mayu-ree wants to leave the hell of drug and Môhn knows he can help her to reach that goal.

Just as for him in the past, Thamkrabok is maybe her last salvation hope.

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