I awakened with a start and the sickness was upon me. Like a sulking wild animal it gathered it’s strength to pounce upon me in the early dawn. My mind racing I checked the time, still too early to call the purveyor of misery I called my friend. I stared at things in my space and imagined what their monitary … Read More
The Importance of the First Step – Rob S_Jan 2019
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