The Place That Caught Us: Addiction, Loneliness, and the Japanese Community That Refused to Let People Break
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[About the Book]
At a small independent living support center in Japan, people struggling with alcohol addiction and their families come together. It is a place where those abandoned by society—and on the verge of losing themselves—search for a way to begin again.
Violence. Loneliness. Broken families. Debt. And the despair of believing that life is no longer worth living.
The author, who founded this support center for people with alcohol addiction and their families, was once addicted to alcohol himself. There was a time when he became violent while drunk and was branded a "worthless loser." In this book, he quietly reflects on the lives of the people he met through self-help groups and recovery support, telling each person's story with compassion and honesty.
Why do people become dependent on alcohol?
Why do people break down?
And can they learn to trust another person again?
This is more than a memoir about addiction. It is the story of people who longed to be loved but never truly experienced love, and a record of men and women who, after losing their place in the world, struggle to rebuild their lives.
What unfolds here is not a tale of dramatic success or miraculous recovery.
Instead, it is about surviving one more day.
Sharing a meal with someone.
Hearing your own name spoken.
And discovering that you truly belong.
Addiction. Loneliness. Trauma. Community.
This is the story of a place that refused to give up on people whose lives were on the verge of falling apart.
[Author Biography]
Yutaka Kazami
Born in 1950 in Kitami City, Hokkaido. Diagnosed with alcohol dependence at age 39, he was hospitalized at a specialized hospital and underwent a treatment program. After discharge, he joined the Tokyo Sobriety Shinsei-kai after participating in the Mitaka City sobriety group. In 2006, he founded “Ibasho,” an independent living support center for people with alcohol dependence and their families, operated by the nonprofit organization Keio Sobriety Association. As its chair, he supports recovery and social reintegration for people with alcohol dependence. His works include The True Nature of Alcohol Dependence: How I Became a Violent Drunk.
Keio Sobriety Association (NPO), Independent Living Support Center “Ibasho”
182-0024, 3F Kawaguchi Daini Building, 1-29-4 Fuda, Chofu City, Tokyo
Phone: 042(489)9357
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