Summary
EDITOR'S NOTE: The 22-year-old author of this week's column first appeared in Finding a Fix in December 2005, writing from the Aroostook County Jail, where she was being held on the charge of possessing scheduled drugs, a Class C felony.
I've been struggling with drug addiction for about eight years now. I've been in and out of incarceration for drug-related crimes, including thefts, forgeries and possession of scheduled drugs. I have lost a number of friends to drug overdoses and drug-related suicides. I have neglected my family and friends, including my two daughters, because drugs were more important to me. I've been through rehab more than once and I've been going to substance abuse counseling on and off since I was 14.See the full content of this document
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Hope for a New Life Sustains Young Inmate
Through all of this, I knew that someday I wanted to live a clean and sober life, but I had no idea when. My self-esteem has always been very low, no matter how it may appear, and I have always...
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