Prison
July 2011 | On the Cover

Long Days Past

Confined to a prison without meetings, an inmate recalls when he, too, used to be “too busy”

I was first introduced to AA in 1977, at the tender age of 13. I was born and raised with alcohol. It was all I knew. To endure life, you must have beer in hand. My father, numerous family members and friends taught me this important life lesson, then most of them died of alcoholism.

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