I was released from Federal Prison in August of 2013 and shortly after met the love of my life. It didn’t take long before I was using again and soon discovered that my job was getting in the way of my drug use and had to go. Me being self-supporting, or the sole supporter in
The Utah Conference of young people in AA began on June 28th in Bryce Canyon. The theme for this year’s conference was “We will not regret the past…nor wish to shut the door on it.” The conference began with everyone arriving at the Ruby’s Inn and Campground and preparing for a weekend of Speaker Meetings,
Richard Dale GillespieJanuary 27th 1929 – July 17th 2019Loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, passed away July 17th 2019. Born January 27th, 1929 in Eureka, UT, and lived in Salt Lake for most of his life. He married Shirley Cook Gillespie Febuary 4th, 1955, celebrated 57 years of marriage together before Shirley’s passing on
As time went by things got a lot easier. I left prison a free man in April of 2008. What I mean by a free man is I was done, I was off paper and it was finally over. To be honest I was more afraid this time than I was ever before because at
It all started when I was just a child. First I was born with F.A.S. so I was kinda screwed from the beginning. Growing up at a young age I always thought it was normal to see bottles, syringes and pipes all over the house. I thought it was normal to get beat by my
…continued from May/June 2019 I will never forget the van ride from Davis County Jail to the Utah State Prison. I knew that I was going to prison, I just did not think it would be the same day I was sentenced. We arrived at the prison around 10:30 am. Just the sight of the
This is history of the Archives room at the A.A. Central Office in Salt Lake City Utah. Hi my name is Laura and I am an alcoholic. In January of 2017 I began a two year term as the archivist for Central Office. My duties included collecting and storing the minutes and agendas of the