A Drinking Room For Alcoholics

Germany knows how to treat its drunks: “It is partially out of such concerns that many municipalities have begun exploring other ways to get public drinking — in particular public drunkenness — under control. Many of those efforts have been modelled after a program in the northern German city of Kiel. In 2003, the city established a drinking room for alcoholics. Known as The Sofa, it is a place where drinkers can bring their own beer or wine — hard liquor is not allowed — instead of besieging public spaces as before.”