Alcoholic chains himself In a desperate move to stop drinking.

Zhang Rui, 30, had tried fruitlessly to kick the habit for a while. Both he and his family later got desperate, he then agreed to let his mother chain him by the neck in a room, to prevent him from buying or stealing booze. Zhang, who is still locked in his attic room in Bengbu, China, said he couldn’t think of any other way to stop himself from harming others or drinking himself to death.

He believes this is the only way to beat the addiction that has ruined his life. He wants to stay chained up and locked in there until he no longer feels the need to consume alcohol. The room only has a mattress for sleeping, a laptop and a small TV. It doesn’t have a toilet, just a bucket and a large bottle of water to keep himself clean.

Zhang used to be a kind and gentle person working as a truck driver, however, all that changed 6 months ago when he started drinking. He turned so violent and abusive that he lost both his job and his wife and children. Things got so bad at one point that he begged for money on the streets just to be able to buy cheap rice wine. Once drunk, he had no controls over his actions.
When his family left him, he was devastated, and this drove him to the extreme decision of home imprisonment. Zhang’s mother, who raised him in poverty after he lost his father, is obviously heartbroken with his current situation, but she doesn’t plan on unlocking the chain until she is sure he has beaten alcohol addiction.

 She doesn’t know how long he will stay locked up in the attic, but she is convinced it is the only way to get her old son back. This has to be the most extreme case of self-imposed rehab since the guy who built a metal cage for his head in order to stop smoking.