We’re in this Together

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
As the women shared their stories about the offenses they committed, the
question she asked herself was...
Didn’t we all?

Working on The Inside

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
Thanks to the literature, some inmates in Utah are determined to stay sober and go through the Steps

More at Peace

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
The next week I felt a little better, a little more OK with the chaos, a little more under the care and guidance of a Higher Power.

Restraint of Face

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
Eye-rolling, sighing, sideways glances and head tilts...sometimes the defects we hold onto aren’t so verbal

Stealing pens

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
I feel a bit embarrassed that old behavior (snatching what I want) is still so close to the surface, even after a number of years in the program.

Discussion Topic

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
Our character defects

Facing Our Fears

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
His group was supporting an outside event.
Who would speak up?
Would he?

Lucky Break

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
Thanks to her mother’s love and alcoholic journey, she knew what to do and where to go

An unexpected call

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
My phone rang at 3 in the morning. The voice on the other end was crying.
It was my father. Seventy-two hours later, I was in my parents’ home.

Sober It’s What I Do

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
For years, she tried desperately to fit in like everyone else. It was AA that finally gave her a way to feel normal

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