“I spend six months in a rehab. I was discharged three months ago. Even today, I struggle to understand why my family put me there. They tell me that it was for my own good. But my time inside was difficult and something that I will never forget. The only good thing to come out of it is that I am not drinking anymore. Now that I am out and people in my village know that I have been in a rehab, I feel like I am looked down upon. Like I have committed a sin. I am walking with a lot of hurt. I just want people to be nice to me.”

– Bhim Prasad Adhikari, Met him in Halan Chowk, Pokhara