Can You Identify?

"On my first visit to Goree [State Prison for Women], during a cigarette break at the meeting, I had my first opportunity to visit one-on-one with one of the ladies in white. I was astounded to have her tell me my story, but with a very important difference. We had both been in blackouts; we had both been driving with not a thought to where we were or where we were going; we both rear-ended another car. And then the difference: The man she hit died, and the lady I hit lived, and she was serving 30 months. On that first trip to Goree, I learned exactly who was doing my time for me, and almost instantly the fear changed to an indescribable gratitude. I think those of us attending AA meetings inside have the oppotunity to learn of gratitude at a level that nothing else would teach us."