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July 2003

Slay the Dragon

First she faced her demons. Then she dealt with the shame

Having been a guest of New York State's Department of Corrections three times in as many years, I was never "ready to face the world" upon release. Far from it. Prison was no teacher to this AA. The only "lesson plan" was that of humiliation and degradation, which was more or less a continuation of what was normal to a victim of incest.

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