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Ģirts (name changed) believes that the time spent in Brukna helped him get rid of his addiction.
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“I can’t answer, I wonder about it. Because I’ve had countless times that I just wanted to run away and leave,” says Girts, who asked who directly helped him.
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He adds that if a weak person comes to Brook, it is difficult to endure the regime there, both psychologically and physically.
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“I think that there is more to a person there than to help someone. I have seen him run away at night. You just don’t know where that person is in the morning,” said Ģirts.
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Ģirts says that while living in Brukna, an average of 10 children stayed there, adding that they were neither addicts nor criminals.
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In the mornings, especially in winter, the boys cried because they did not want to jump in the river, which everyone had to do without exception.
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Fasting was also a form of punishment. If one member of the community broke the rules, everyone was punished, including the children – only bread and water all day.
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The punishment was also regular shame and libel. “Take you to the front of the church. At first, it stings how bad you are – that child in particular.
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And – you will be the same as your parents and the same wretch will grow.
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Another plus is how many parents they debut, how they can’t bring you up, “says Ģirts about the experience.
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This is confirmed by a woman whose relative spent two years in Brukna manor.
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“In the church, all those sermons were simply awful to listen to; once a person is determined to carry them on the road or help them, as they say,
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can’t call them all the time, “emphasizes the woman.
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Life in the community has not helped her loved one. And Ģirts also points out that most of the addicts who lived with him have returned to addiction.
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