Maximum picnic
July 2018

Maximum picnic

Doing service in prison not only feeds her soul, but sometimes even her stomach

Six years ago, I found myself in the parking lot outside of what would be my first AA meeting. Just released from jail, I was terrified and angry. Why had I listened to that guy from the AA helpline? I didn’t want to be here. I may have just been released from jail but I felt sure my life wasn’t that unmanageable. Or was it? 

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