All of Me
July 2026 | Annual Prison Issue | Step Seven

All of Me

A perfect mom, perfect homemaker, perfect at work— so why was she so unhappy? Step Seven had an answer

I got sober in April of 2015. I had gone to rehab four years earlier, but I wasn’t ready to quit. Back then I was still drinking wine in a glass at home with my husband—not vodka in a travel mug, alone, hiding in my car.

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