Myanmar addicts battle their demons in the 'House of Love'

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Shaven-headed men pour out of their Yangon hostel at around 6am for a day of weightlifting, karate drills, dancing, and Buddhist prayer -- with the aim of quitting drugs.

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00:001, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.

00:13I'm a firefighter.

00:15I'm training to become a firefighter.

00:20I want to become a firefighter, but I'm not sure if I can do it.

00:43I'm a firefighter and I want to become a firefighter.

00:49If you want to become a firefighter, you must be trained to do it.

00:56If you don't want to become a firefighter, then you must learn the basics.

01:05We are all here for this.

01:07We are all here to support our mothers,

01:09to support the children.

01:12And that's why we are here.

01:23Now, we are all here to support our mothers.

01:26Our children are all here because of our mothers.

01:29They are not here because of us.

01:31We are here to support them.

01:33If you don't do it, you won't be able to do it.

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