Addicts go very cold turkey in the barren forests of Asbest near the Ural mountains of Russia.
The HIV epidemic is increasing faster in Russia than anywhere in the world and mostly among former inmates spread by sharing dirty needles. The government have little incentive to cure these people but scores of individuals are seeking rehab at centres run by local evangelical Christians many of whom are former criminals.
Detox is a mixture of hard labour in sub zero temperatures (-20C when I was there) with a disciplined structure of prayer, food, work and a weekly banyo or hot sauna.
The stories of unwanted lives being turned around in the worst of circumstances were utterly remarkable.
