Haguenau. Walk Castle, a sanctuary and last resort for alcoholics and drug addicts

In an outbuilding at Château Walk dedicated to art workshops, Pascal assembles small pieces of ceramic to form a mosaic bearing his daughter's name. But for the past two and a half months, the fifty-year-old has been trying to piece together the pieces of his life. He had overcome a hard drug addiction thanks to treatment in Guyana a few years earlier, met a woman, and had children. The separation has caused him to sink again, this time into alcohol.

The gesture becomes vague, his voice breaks: "I couldn't manage it emotionally anymore," he explains. If he's in treatment in Haguenau today, it's because he knew how to react and contacted organizations that guided him.

You don't get into the Haguenau Addiction Care and Rehabilitation Center by chance. You have to apply, with a cover letter in hand. All 55 inpatient spots (plus four day hospital spots) are occupied. It must be said that in the...

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