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NEZAKONNOE POTREBLENIE NARKOTIChESKIKh SREDSTV, PSIKhOTROPNYKh VEShchESTV, IKh ANALOGOV PRIChINI͡AET VRED ZDOROVʹI͡U, IKh NEZAKONNYĬ OBOROT ZAPREShchEN I VLEChET USTANOVLENNUI͡U ZAKONODATELʹSTVOM OTVETSTVENNOSTʹ. On vygulival sobak, byl ni͡aneĭ, poliroval avtomobili, rabotal mebelʹshchikom, konsulʹtantom reabilitat͡sionnogo t͡sentra, menedzherom restorana i. . . narkodilerom. Segodni͡a Khalil Rafati i͡avli͡aetsi͡a vladelʹt͡sem Ĭoga-studii v Malibu i seti populi͡arnykh smuzi-barov v Kalifornii. On takzhe osnoval Riviera Recovery - reabilitat͡sionnyĭ zhiloĭ kompleks dli͡a narkomanov i alkogolikov - i i͡avli͡aetsi͡a chlenom pravlenii͡a monastyri͡a Tashi Lkhunpo v Indii. "Mne stanovitsi͡a ochenʹ grustno, kogda i͡a dumai͡u o tom, kak blizko podoshel k obryvu, chto mog vse poteri͡atʹ. Moi͡a zhiznʹ prevratilasʹ v takoĭ bardak, chto i͡a dazhe ne smog pokonchitʹ s soboĭ. I posredi vsego ėtogo bezumii͡a mne i͡avilasʹ ėta blagodatʹ - moi͡a chudesnai͡a reabilitat͡sii͡a poslednikh dvenadt͡sati let. I͡A zabyl umeretʹ. I seĭchas i͡a vsegda pomni͡u, chto nado zhitʹ". Istorii͡a Khalila Rafati stala izvestna v Rossii eshche do vykhoda ego knigi. Mnogie voskhishchai͡utsi͡a tem, kak ėtot chelovek smog izmenitʹ svoi͡u zhiznʹ, izbavivshisʹ ot geroinovoĭ zavisimosti i stav nastoi͡ashchim millionerom, vladelʹt͡sem seti po izgotovlenii͡u umopomrachitelʹnykh smuzi-napitkov. Vot chto govori͡at chitateli ob ėtoĭ knige: "Smelo, zhestko i brutalʹno. Avtor rasskazyvaet svoi͡u istorii͡u narkozavisimosti, kak nizko on pal v pogone za kaĭfom. Ego opisanii͡a ochenʹ zhiznenny, i inogda mne ego ochenʹ zhalʹ. U ėtoĭ istorii schastlivyĭ final. Zdorovo, chto on podni͡alsi͡a s samogo dna, obrel svoe schastʹe, chto segodni͡a on - uspeshnyĭ predprinimatelʹ".

ILLEGAL CONSUMPTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES IS HARMFUL TO HEALTH, AND THEIR ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS LIABILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. He walked dogs, babysat, polished cars, worked as a furniture maker, a rehabilitation center consultant, a restaurant manager, and a drug dealer. Today, Khalil Rafati is the owner of a Yoga studio in Malibu and a chain of popular smoothie bars in California. He also founded Riviera Recovery, a residential rehabilitation complex for drug addicts and alcoholics, and is a board member of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in India. "I feel very sad when I think about how close I came to the cliff, that I could have lost everything. My life turned into such a mess that I couldn't even commit suicide. And in the midst of all this madness, this grace appeared to me — my wonderful rehabilitation of the last twelve years. I forgot to die. And now I always remember that I have to live." Khalil Rafati's story became known in Russia even before his book was published. Many admire how this man was able to change his life by getting rid of heroin addiction and becoming a real millionaire, the owner of a chain for the manufacture of mind-blowing smoothie drinks. Here's what readers say about this book: "Bold, tough and brutal. The author tells his story of drug addiction, how low he fell in pursuit of high. His descriptions are very vital, and sometimes I feel very sorry for him. This story has a happy ending. It's great that he rose from the bottom, found his happiness, and is now a successful entrepreneur."