The Annual Prison Issue
This month’s featured section is the “Annual Prison Issue.”
Members from inside and outside share powerful stories about getting and staying sober in prison.
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An Unfamiliar Inner Peace
When I sobered up this last time, my original sponsor coached me on the Seventh Step.
A Conference to Remember
I am an alcoholic and an inmate serving time at CTF (Correctional Training Facility)-Soledad, a medium-custody prison in the heart of California.
Sunrise over Maui
My last five years of drinking were filled with depression, fear and loneliness. Every night I prayed to die in my sleep.
One Breeze at a time
Through the grace of my Higher Power, I have been placed in a state of “remote control.” The remote part is because I have been removed from society.
Back to jail
My first experience with AA in jail came when I got slapped with a habitual-offender offense for drinking and driving. My first two offenses came with lenient sentences.
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Grapevine Daily Quote July 1
“Today I think I can trace a clear linkage between my guilt and my pride. Both of them were certainly attention-getters. In pride I could say, ‘Look at me, I am wonderful.’ In guilt I would moan, ‘I’m awful.’ Therefore guilt is really the reverse of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.”
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