A friend of mine was released from Perryville a few months ago. She’s an amazing person – intelligent, beautiful and fun. She wrote this text message to my mom yesterday and gave me permission to share it so you know that life can hold wonderful possibilities, even after years behind bars. People can change!
“I am good. I still work at the same place. I’m still super busy and involved with recovery stuff. Still, go to meetings every day and working with a sponsor. I spend weekends with my son… Would love a day where I had nowhere to go and nothing to do!! Tell Sabrina I said hello and I miss her. Being sober is the most freeing, beautiful feeling ever. I can’t believe I ever went down that path. My relationships with family and old sober friends are slowly coming back into my life and it’s been amazing. I am so grateful for everything and everyone. I am even grateful for prison because I had to go there and lose it all to realize just what I really had. Before material things were so important to me and now I could care less…but I couldn’t be happier. Before I wouldn’t have left the house without makeup or nice clothes. Now I’m just grateful I get to leave the house!!! Its like I finally get it- I finally know what’s really important and what’s not. It won’t be long before (Sabrina) comes home and feels the same way I feel!!”