The Day Hope Arrived
June 2025 | Annual Prison Issue | Featured Section

The Day Hope Arrived

Locked up, sick and detoxing, he was looking for something to read to cheer him up. What he found was a new life

It’s pretty easy to drink in jail. When I was inside, guys would walk around with homemade brew in their coffee mugs. The guards would just look the other way as long as no one caused too much trouble. I wasn’t one of these jail drinkers though. Luckily, being locked up is where my life in sobriety began.

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