I started drinking like a lot of us. In High School, kegs up the canyon, kegs at parties, cheap terrible wine skiing and even worse wine trying to impress my dates with how sophisticated I was. My wine even had a cork. College was more drinking but nothing I ever worried about. I was, what is defined now, a binge … Read More
The Twelve Steps to a Life Worth Living by Joseph Ganci Jr_Dec 2018
On the First Step to a life worth living my Higher Power gave to me: the gift of desperation and a life of unmanageability. On the Second Step to a life worth living my Higher Power gave to me: a belief that there was something much bigger than me, and the hope of being set free. On the Third Step … Read More
AA Behind Bars_James M_Dec 2018
When I first got to Promentory I started going to a lot of meetings. Tried to do 90 meetings in 90 days, and now have been going for a year. I’m not making every meeting but most of them. The thing is here we have a hard time having a home group but for me the volunteers that bring the … Read More
AA Behind Bars_Christine_Dec 2018
I am grateful for the weather so beautiful, it changes with every season. How it’s so beautiful in the summer, fall, winter and spring. I came to prison in June, the hot time of year. It was my first time in prison being sober. How grateful I am for that! Also, each day as I worked at the culinary at … Read More
AA Behind Bars_Justin M_Dec 2018
My story is one of many I’ve heard after attending so many A.A. meetings throughout my addiction. Though it may be similar to others stories, I can only hope that there is one person out there who can relate and possibly find the strength to confront their struggle head on. I say this because the happiest times in my life … Read More
A God Shot by Sandy B_Dec
I want to share with you an honest to goodness God shot I was blessed with just 9 months into my sobriety. It happened in the Fall of 2015. A little background – I had a best friend that I worked with at a fast food restaurant here in Salt Lake City, Utah. We went to different high schools, but … Read More
Sobriety = Service = Spirituality = Serenity by Laura C_Dec 2018
Do you like meeting people? Do you like to travel? Do you like to learn new things and have new and interesting experiences? Would you welcome the chance to deepen your spirituality? These are all things I have experienced in the past ten months while serving as a GSR. Last November when the call came for the newly open GSR … Read More